Oregon politician confesses to writing "anonymous" racist letter to himself

An Oregon politician has confessed to penning a racist letter to himself after he initially claimed it was anonymously sent to him, authorities said. Jonathan Lopez, who is Latino and was a recent candidate for Umatilla County commissioner, claimed he discovered the hate-filled missive in his mailbox on June 23, the East Oregonian reported. On his now-deleted Facebook account, he shared a photo of the letter, which said that Lopez and other “Mexicans” were “not welcome here,” according to local news station KEPR-TV... Lopez wrote in the post that he “holds no resentment for whomever wrote this,” the outlet reported. “I’m just simply heartbroken for the lack of knowledge, education and respect missing,” he said. “I pray for you and wish you prosperity in your life.” But when authorities followed up with Lopez about the alleged incident, he confessed to writing the letter himself. “Our investigation has shown that Mr. Lopez wrote the letter himself and made false statements to the police and on social media,” Hermiston Police Chief Jason Edmiston told the East Oregonian. “The end result is a verbal and written admission by Mr. Lopez that the letter was fabricated.”