That Time Donald Trump Celebrated Cinco de Mayo Plugging His Taco Bowls: 'I Love Hispanics!' (Photo)

Just six months before puling off an upset in the presidential election, Donald Trump celebrated Cinco de Mayo in 2016 as one might expect him to: with a big heap of self-promotion and a whopper of a claim.

The then GOP candidate fired up his Twitter account and posted a picture of himself chowing down on some Mexican food, along with the following message.

“Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics!” Trump wrote.

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The feeling might not be entirely mutual. In the nascent days of his presidential campaign, Trump stirred controversy by characterizing illegal immigrants from Mexico as rapists, and he called for a wall between Mexico and the U.S. — which he figures Mexico should pay for.

At any rate, see the Donald feed his face while feeding the rest of us a questionable assertion below.

Happy #CincoDeMayo! The best taco bowls are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics! https://t.co/ufoTeQd8yA pic.twitter.com/k01Mc6CuDI

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2016

17 Donald Trump Haters in Hollywood, From Chris Brown to Louis CK (Photos)

“Wow. You know it’s bad when people in Chicago are going like, ‘Man what a violent weekend.’”

–Trevor Noah, on protesters taking over a Trump in Chicago.
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“I think that man will be president right about the time when spaceships come down filled with dinosaurs in red capes.”

–Tom Hanks
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“No one living in this century should stand behind so much ignorance.”

–Shakira
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“Stop the bullshit. Stop fueling fires of hate.”

–Russell Simmons
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“It’s a nightmare. That’s my quote.”

–Rosie O’Donnell, on Trumps’s Campaign
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“The fact that an individual like Donald Trump, a candidate for the presidency of the United States for the Republican party, has the audacity to continue to gratuitously harass the Latin community makes my blood boil.”

–Ricky Martin
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“gonna vom / move out da country. #aintapartyindausaanymo”

–Miley Cyrus (via Instagram)
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“You’re just such an egomaniacal attention-thirsty psychopathic power-hungry delusional waste of skin and bones that you’ll do, say or allow anything if it means you’ll just get one more minute in the limelight.”

–Mac Miller, on "The Nightly Show"
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“It was funny for a little while. But the guy is Hitler.”

–Louis CK
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“At this point, Donald Trump is America’s back mole.”

–John Oliver
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“I think they were protesting your racist father. This isn’t complicated.”

–John Legend, to Donald Trump Jr. after real-estate mogul’s son quipped, “5 students when asked why they were protesting couldn't even answer”
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“How horrible. Voldemort was nowhere near as bad.”

–JK Rowling
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"He’s just an opportunist. Now he’s a fascist; a xenophobic fascist.”

–George Clooney
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"Hitler moved a nation with words, just words.”

–Eva Longoria, on the danger of Trump’s rhetoric
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“We live in a world obsessed with ‘celebrity’. Please don't elect one for President. #ImWithHer

–Demi Lovato
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“So don’t tweet about it you twat.”

–Chrissy Teigen, responding to Trump’s tweet about how his meeting with African American pastors was not a press event
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“F*** TRUMP AND F*** THE PIGS! TO SEE THIS EVIL SHIT IS SO WRONG! GOD WILL HAVE HIS REVENGE! WHO THE F*** U THINK CLEANS YOUR HOTELS AND WORKS HARD TO FEED A WHOLE FAMILY. US”!

–Chris Brown
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