--- 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/ copyright: © 2026 TIME USA, LLC. 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The 2016 election is a referendum on what women can be--and what men can get away with_ 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 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._ ## Transcript If 2016 was going to be a battle of the sexes, everyone thought Hillary Clinton would be the main combatant. But this year, Trump, not Clinton, has made this cycle the most gendered election in political history. These are just the greatest hits. After Megyn Kelly asked him this question at a primary debate, You call women you don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, And disgusting animals. You know you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever. He's called Hillary Clinton disgusting for taking a bathroom break. Sorry. [ LAUGH ] Donald Trump said the following about you. Quote look at that face. Would anyone vote for that? He slammed GOP primary opponent Carly Fiorina for her appearance. And he's accused Clinton of playing the woman card. She's constantly playing the woman card. It's the only way she may get elected. On the other hand Clinton is emphasizing the historic nature of her gender more than she did in 2008. She gave her first speech as a presumptive nominee to Planned Parenthood, where she said the word abortion, Legal abortions. 16 times. By contrast, Barack Obama almost never says that word. Women should be allowed to make their own decisions about their own health. She frequently refers to herself as a grandmother and in her first appearance at the DNC, she had this message for the next generation of female leaders. If there are any little girls out there who stayed up late to watch Let me just say. I may become the first woman president but one of you is next. Still, Hillary Clinton is a presidential candidate who just happens to be a woman. Donald Trump is a man for whom the presidency is the ultimate validation of his masculinity. [ UNKNOWN ] And he referred to my hands. If they're small, something else must be small. I guarantee you there's no problem. I guarantee you. And his followers have taken their cues from the top. [ BLEEP ] Hillary. I still can't hear with this [ BLEEP ] in my ear. Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump. For other Trump supporters, this election is about jobs, trade, and the economy. I will be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. But those issues are linked to a massive social shift away from an economy Economy based on male breadwinners. I'll bring back our jobs from China, from Mexico- When Trump talks about jobs, he's talking about a specific kind of job. The manufacturing and industrial jobs that once allowed men to support family on a single income. In other words, the jobs that made men feel like men. As those industries have declined in Last three decades, others have grown. And the fastest growing industries education and health care are dominated by women. So the November election has turned into a referendum on gender, but it was Trump who justified on the battlefield. Which means that this November, American voters will be sending a message about how men are allowed to behave and what women are allowed to achieve. 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