Trump Supporter's 'Mazel Tov Cocktail' Comment Delights Twitter

How is the 2016 election different from all others? For one, it has gotten “mazel tov” to trend on Twitter.

The reason: Critiquing rapper Jay Z on CNN Sunday night, Donald Trump supporter Scottie Nell Hughes alleged that one of his videos started off “with a crowd throwing mazel tov cocktails.” The phrase is, obviously, Molotov cocktails, a combustible mixture of rags, gasoline and glass bottle common in street protests, as host Don Lemon pointed out a few moments later.

Twitter took notice. “Mazel tov,” a Jewish expression of congratulations or good luck, has been tweeted about almost 18,000 times since late Sunday, and was averaging more than 4,000 tweets per hour on Monday afternoon.

So what is a “mazel tov cocktail”? Merriam-Webster, for one, has no idea:

A few amateur mixologists did try their hands at a “mazel tov cocktail” recipe:

One part vodka
Two parts tonic water
Dash of Manishevitz
Copious tears from parents upset at your life choices.

At least one political commentator saw the misspeak as a “funny rather than scary way to explain to future generations what this election was about.”

This is not the first time “mazel tov” and “molotov” have been confused in political life. The Capital Times reported in 2014 about a letter, revealed by the release of documents in a John Doe lawsuit, in which Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wrote to a Jewish constituent "Thank you again and Molotov."

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