Weird. The 'random' person interviewed after the Gillum-Obama rally just happened to be Andrew Gillum's mom

CNN interviewed some “random” woman who told the network that former President Barack Obama’s campaigning for Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum had influenced her vote, but there’s a catch…

The woman, it turned out, was actually Andrew Gillum’s mom:

LOL @CNN just interviewed a “random” person at the Gillum rally who said Obama’s presence helped influence her vote and it turned out she was Gillum’s mom. ?

— Kate Hyde (@KateHydeNY) November 3, 2018

Oh, it happened:

If this happened, that’s hilarious. https://t.co/aJNPXeoE26

— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) November 3, 2018

Watch:

Seriously. pic.twitter.com/Y0tQ2tm1O7

— Kate Hyde (@KateHydeNY) November 3, 2018

But why is the CNN journo in the video laughing about it after she was just lied to?

"Randomly picked" Andrew Gillum's mom. https://t.co/p7EUvxohvg

— Paul Sacca (@Paul_Sacca) November 3, 2018

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— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 2, 2018