Political Commentator Gives Eye Roll After Hearing Trump Helps Other People

By Charles Campbell
July 29, 2016 at 10:44am

After Hillary Clinton’s nomination speech last night, CNN held a panel to discuss the historic moment of the first female presidential candidate. Topics included a brief history of both party nominees, and a discussion as to whether or not both of them were qualified.

During the conversation most viewers noticed a moment that instantly went viral. Angela Rye, a CNN analyst, did an eye roll that was captured by the camera after she heard a comment about how Donald Trump has engaged in selfless acts.

Before it happened, conservative pundit Kayleigh McEnany was in the process of laying out some of the horrible decisions Clinton made while secretary of state. “I love that we have facts like Libya in disarray, Iraq in disarray, Syria in disarray, all under the tutelage of Hillary Clinton’s State Department,” she said.

This brought about the first dismayed looked from Rye, who turned to her friend Maria Cardona.

Host Don Lemon then asked about Bill Clinton’s speech and all the charitable works his wife had done, such as “helping with school and adoptive parents.”

“Well, that’s great,” McEnany shot back. “You know, Donald Trump has done great things in his private time, too, for veterans, all across his foundation. He’s done great things, too. We’ve all done great things in our lives and I commend her for helping children, that’s a commendable thing.”

This prompted the “eyeroll heard round the world.”

When McEnany said that Trump has done great things, Rye immediately showed her complete disgust and rolled her eyes in revulsion. The image was captured and tweeted out thousands of times after the show.

But even Rye was a little disappointed that her facial expression went viral and the content of the discussion did not.

The political commentator has noted she’s tried to keep her eye rolling in check so she doesn’t come off as “an angry black woman,” but says it’s been hard for her.

Rye even asked Wolf Blitzer to teach her the poker face. “He said, ‘I can’t do that … but I can teach you how to Dougie,” Rye said.

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