Thread by @ty_olsen

Just talked to Abbotsford-area Liberal MP Jati Sidhu: He said @Puglaas is not "a team player," speculated whether her father or somebody else was "pulling the strings."
He said: "The way she's acting, I think she couldn't handle the stress."
#SNCLavalin #cdnpoli

I asked whether those suggestions took agency away from the person the PM had appointed as A-G.
Sidhu said: "I think these are sour grapes."
He said the discussions she outlined were "normal" and didn't amount to political interference.

Sidhu said he would have resigned if he felt unsettled in such a situation.
"If there's interference, I would be concerned, but there's no interference."
Sidhu's race in 2015 was the last in the country to be called. He will be in tough to retain the seat this fall.

(It's difficult, journalistically, figuring out how to write about such comments in a way that doesn't merely function as a transcription service. I land on: a local MP's response - put in context - informs local voters when they head to the polls to decide on that MP's future.)

STORY:
abbynews.com/news/wilson-ra…

It had slipped my mind during interview, but @dustinrgodfrey pointed out that just last week the PM had apologized for not being quicker to condemn nearly identical words from unnamed sources.
#Abbotsford

Should note: I asked Sidhu obliquely why people should believe that he believed what he was saying and not that he was just repeating the party line. He said "The Prime Minister is not telling his caucus what to say or what to do."

Finally, for full context & since this is blowing up, here's our exchange after Sidhu made his 'pulling the strings' comment. He did not back away from it or suggest that wasn't what he meant.

Jati Sidhu just apologized to @Puglaas for his "inappropriate" comments in the House of Commons.

Sidhu's tweeted apology:

https://twitter.com/MPJatiSidhu/status/1101220794024251393