--- title: Donald Trump Surrogate Hits Jay Z 'Mazel Tov Cocktail' description: A Donald Trump surrogate strangely accused Jay Z of promoting "mazel tov cocktails" canonical: https://time.com/4561053/donald-trump-jay-z-mazel-tov-cocktail/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-07T17:46:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T16:22:00.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: A Trump Surrogate Strangely Accused Jay Z of Promoting 'Mazel Tov' Cocktails og:description: "One of his main videos starts off with a crowd throwing mazel tov cocktails at the police" og:url: https://time.com/4561053/donald-trump-jay-z-mazel-tov-cocktail/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde222484bda88e74/6988ad5b97cdff35ae6ae7b3/gettyimages-621183048.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton Campaigns In Key Swing States og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A Trump Surrogate Strangely Accused Jay Z of Promoting 'Mazel Tov' Cocktails twitter:description: "One of his main videos starts off with a crowd throwing mazel tov cocktails at the police" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde222484bda88e74/6988ad5b97cdff35ae6ae7b3/gettyimages-621183048.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Donald Trump Surrogate Strangely Accused Jay Z of Promoting 'Mazel Tov' Cocktails > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-network-2026q3/newsletters?i=e86b8baf-2f8e-4c03-bf20-887b1e89eb32&cr=time-nl-network-2026q3-v1) by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:22 PM UTCPublished: Nov 7, 2016 5:46 PM UTC  Recording artist Jay Z performs during a Get Out The Vote concert Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Wolstein Center on November 4, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images Recording artist Jay Z performs during a Get Out The Vote concert Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Wolstein Center on November 4, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio.Justin Sullivan—Getty Images Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:22 PM UTCPublished: Nov 7, 2016 5:46 PM UTC A surrogate of Republican presidential candidate [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4560184/donald-trump-new-hampshire-270/?xid=homepage) accused Jay Z, who performed at a rally for [Hillary Clinton](http://time.com/4560323/hillary-clinton-final-days-rallies/?xid=homepage) last week, of promoting police violence in a video that featured “mazel tov cocktails.” “One of his main videos starts off with a crowd throwing mazel tov cocktails at the police,” Scottie Nell Hughes said on CNN. The “cocktail” to which she was referring, a makeshift bomb comprised of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and a means of ignition, is actually called a “[molotov cocktail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%5Fcocktail).” Turns out there is an actual “[Mazel Tov cocktail](https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/11/07/mazel-tov-cocktails-trump-surrogate-recipe/) at the Washington-area restaurant, [DGS Delicatessen](http://www.dgsdelicatessen.com/wp-content/uploads/DGS-Dupont-DinnerBeverage-160928.pdf). The drink features Prosecco Rose, Averell plum gin, lavender syrup, and lemon. > [](https://twitter.com/Yair%5FRosenberg/status/795671782455963649) Jay Z and Beyonce were among many big name performers who appeared at a concert for Clinton last week. Trump seemed particularly perturbed by JayZ’s appearance, accusing the rapper and business mogul of using language that was worse than his own during the concert. “He used language last night that was so bad and then Hillary said, ‘I did not like Donald Trump’s lewd language,'” Trump said Saturday. “My lewd language. I tell you what, I’ve never said what he said in my life.” The video Nell Hughes was referencing is for the song “[No Church in the Wild](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJt7gNi3Nr4),” the first track on Jay Z and Kanye West’s 2011 joint project “Watch the Throne.” Neither Jay Z, West, nor vocalist Frank Ocean appear in the video, which features violent images of clashes between protestors and police officers. The video does feature images of rioters throwing molotov cocktails at police. The song later [won a Grammy](http://www.grammy.com/news/drake-jay-z-and-kanye-west-win-in-the-rap-field) for best rap/song collaboration. Nell is not the first Republican to confuse “Mazel Tov” and “molotov.” Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker faced scrutiny in 2014 after[ a Hanukkah letter he signed “molotov”](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/10/scott-walker%5Fn%5F6302382.html) when he was Milwaukee county executive was published. _This post has been updated to reflect the existence of a “Mazel Tov” cocktail._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4561053/donald-trump-jay-z-mazel-tov-cocktail/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4561053/donald-trump-jay-z-mazel-tov-cocktail/"},"headline":"A Donald Trump Surrogate Strangely Accused Jay Z of Promoting 'Mazel Tov' Cocktails","datePublished":"2016-11-07T17:46:38.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T16:22:00.000Z","description":"\"One of his main videos starts off with a crowd throwing mazel tov cocktails at the police\"","url":"https://time.com/4561053/donald-trump-jay-z-mazel-tov-cocktail/","keywords":["2016 Election","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election","Beyonce","Jay-z","Donald Trump","Republican"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde222484bda88e74/6988ad5b97cdff35ae6ae7b3/gettyimages-621183048.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde222484bda88e74/6988ad5b97cdff35ae6ae7b3/gettyimages-621183048.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton Campaigns In Key Swing States","caption":"Hillary Clinton Campaigns In Key Swing States","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4561053/donald-trump-jay-z-mazel-tov-cocktail/","name":"A Donald Trump Surrogate Strangely Accused Jay Z of Promoting 'Mazel Tov' Cocktails"}}]}] ```