Donald Trump surrogate Scottie Nell Hughes made a mistake when she was attempting to insult Jay Z on CNN on Sunday night. Jay Z and Beyonce headlined a free concert for Hillary Clinton and Hughes was trying to criticize the rapper.
“One of his main videos starts off with a crowd throwing mazel tov cocktails at the police,” said Hughes. She was referring to a Molotov cocktail featured in Jay Z and Kanye West’s “No Church in the Wild” music video.
What is a “mazel tov cocktail” pic.twitter.com/xmTiBnoaia
— Deadspin (@Deadspin) November 7, 2016
The Trump surrogate admitted she had made a mistake after her appearance. “Trust me.. I realized at that moment, I should have taken a nap at some point the last 24hrs,” she tweeted. She added, “fyi oye vey,” misspelling “oy vey.”
@RoySekoff @CNN trust me.. I realized at that moment, I should have taken a nap at some point the last 24hrs.
— Scottie Nell Hughes (@scottienhughes) November 7, 2016
@RoySekoff @CNN fyi oye vey
— Scottie Nell Hughes (@scottienhughes) November 7, 2016
Hughes was quickly called out on Twitter for her mistake, and on Monday morning, even Merriam-Webster got into the act, tweeting out in response. “No, we have no idea what a ‘mazel tov cocktail’ is,” they wrote.
No, we have no idea what a “mazel tov cocktail” is.
— Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) November 7, 2016
Merriam Webster wasn’t the only Twitter account mocking Hughes on social media. Here’s a look at some more reactions:
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A Mazel Tov Cocktail is any discarded, half-finished drink you can manage to down unseen from the “adult section” of your Bat Mitzvah party.
— Rachel Shukert (@RachelShukert) November 7, 2016
I cherish the Mazel Tov cocktail mistake: it’s a funny rather than scary way to explain to future generations what this election was about
— David Frum (@davidfrum) November 7, 2016
Mazel Tov Cocktail = A glass of champagne with a drop of Manischewitz Blackberry.
— Elman Steven (@E_Steven) November 7, 2016
A mazel tov cocktail? I suppose throwing bottles of Manischewitz could be frightening…could get a bump on the head that way.
— Aaron Mandel (@MandelAaron) November 7, 2016
