Donald Trump congratulating himself at a White House Hispanic Heritage Month event, with Republican New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and Republican Lt. Gov. Luis Marín of Puerto Rico.

What I just watched made me gag. I wanted to throw chancletas (flip flops) at the television.

National Hispanic Heritage Month here in the U.S. began on Saturday, Sept. 15 and ends on Monday, Oct. 15. It was originally celebrated as one week, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1968, and was expanded to a month during President Ronald Reagan’s tenure. Since its inception the sitting president has issued a proclamation, made remarks, and hosted an event.

At last year’s event, Donald Trump had just returned from a paper towel tossing trip to Puerto Rico. Kerry Eleveld posted this tweet in this story covering it.

x Man wearing "BUILD THE WALL" hat spotted at Hispanic Heritage Event pic.twitter.com/BY8B8jpHjI Ã¢ÂÂ Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 6, 2017

This year, Trump gathered a cheering group of supporters in the East Room of the White House to give it another go. I guess those of us in the public who are not comatose, brain dead, or brainwashed are supposed to forget that Trump has torn families apart, put kidnapped children in cages, and mocked, denied, and lied about the more than 3,000 dead in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, which he now claims is a Democratic Party conspiracy to make him look bad.

He said this as an aside, and you can be sure he wasn’t joking:

“I better win the Hispanics next time,” he said at the event, while the audience chanted, "four more years," during President Trump's speech on Sept. 17.