RIO GRANDE CITY, TEXAS– Latino Americans who live along the southern border in Rio Grande City, Texas, criticized the notion that misogyny and racism played a role in Vice President Kamala Harris losing the 2024 election.

“The left tries to push the ‘you’re racist and misogynistic because you didn’t vote for this woman of color,’” said Marcus, a native of Rio Grande City. 

The chairperson of the Starr County Republican Party explained further, “And then coming after us or scolding the Black and Hispanic voter — whatever happened to just we’re all Americans. You know, it has nothing to do with racism or misogyny. It’s who’s fit and best for office.”

“I think that’s an old party line from the Democrats. They keep trying to divide us by race and sex. And I don’t believe that,” said Ross, another native of Rio Grande City.

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Rio Grande City, located in south central Texas, makes up a portion of the greater Rio Grande Valley, an area that has had frequent border crossings of illegal immigrants. The seat of Starr County, Rio Grande City’s Hispanic population is 42% and was a stronghold for the Democrats for over 100 years.

President-elect Donald Trump’s lopsided victory in Texas included winning Starr County, a deep blue county that hadn’t flipped in 132 years. According to the Associated Press, the incoming commander-in-chief won about 57.7% of the vote in Starr County.

Immigration and the economy were among the top concerns for Trump voters.

The U.S. southern border near El Paso, Texas.  (Fox News Photo/Joshua Comins)

After Trump’s decisive victory against Harris, Democrats and media pundits began an autopsy of the election results, which showed the Democratic Party’s loss of support from previously reliable voters: Black and Latino men.

“With that laughter she had, she wasn’t serious. She didn’t know much, really, I can tell that. That’s why I didn’t vote for her either,” Rio Grande City resident José said.

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Black and Hispanic men supported the GOP presidential nominee in historic margins on Election Day, showing a growing multi-racial working class coalition in the Republican Party. Black and Latino attraction to Trump prompted “Morning Joe” co-anchor Joe Scarborough to reflect about the voters’ choices in a conversation with fellow MSNBC host Al Sharpton.

“Democrats need to be mature, and they need to be honest. And they need to say, ‘Yes, there is misogyny, but it’s not just misogyny from White men,’” Scarborough said the day after the election. 

Furthermore, the Rio Grande City locals reacted to former President Barack Obama suggesting that misogyny potentially played a role in Black men’s lack of support for the Democratic presidential nominee.

Latino Americans who live along the southern border slammed the notion that misogyny and racism played a role in Vice President Kamala Harris losing the election.

“I don’t agree with what Obama said, because we have other women that have been elected, maybe not necessarily president,” Claudia said.

She went on to say, “She was elected vice. But my understanding is she didn’t make it through the primary. He should have gotten a better candidate.”

“There’s many reasons that Hispanics and Latinos and the Black people did not support Kamala Harris,” said Oneida, a resident of Rio Grande City.

An elderly man has been arrested in connection with what police have dubbed the “brutal murder” of his roommate and her dog then using her credit cards to attempt to flee the country.

Just before 2 p.m. on Nov. 18, officers from the Austin Police Department were called to a home in reference to a dead person.

When officers arrived, they found a woman, later identified as Linda Mlsna 83, and a dog dead inside the home. Mlsna had not been heard from in six days, according to court documents obtained by FOX 7 Austin.

APD Homicide Det. Israel Pena said in a Nov. 21 news briefing that a neighbor had approached the home and detected an “odor consistent with decomposition and fly activity or insect activity in the windows of the residence.”

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A family member who lived locally also reported entering the home and finding Mlsna in a downstairs closet with a dead dog on top of her, court documents said.  

When Austin officers got inside the home, they also found a broken piece of furniture and additional evidence of a disturbance, which Pena said confirmed officers’ belief that her death was a homicide.

The initial investigation showed Mlsna’s roommate, 84-year-old Jack Moore, was not at the home and no one knew where he was. However, investigators later discovered that Moore allegedly used Mlsna’s credit cards to make fraudulent purchases after her death.

Officers were ultimately able to find Moore and arrested him on an unrelated warrant.

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An 84-year-old man was arrested for murder after killing his elderly roommate and her dog, the Austin Police Department said during a news briefing. (Austin Police Department)

During an interview with detectives, Moore allegedly confessed to killing Mlsna and her dog, taking her credit cards and making a plan to flee the country.

Moore also told police that he was afraid Mlsna’s family was going to move her out to a nursing home because of her advanced age and claimed he knew she wanted to live in the home until her death. He also admitted to killing her dog because he wanted him to be with her forever, according to the arrest affidavit via FOX 7.

A search warrant for the home uncovered blood in several areas and a cell phone belonging to Mlsna, which showed several text message alerts from various financial institutions about suspicious purchases made with several of her credit cards, all over an eight-day period at one store, the report read. 

Mlsna’s family told police Moore had been stealing money from her.

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Mlsna’s death is being investigated as Austin’s 63rd homicide of 2024. (Austin Police Department)

Police went to the store linked to the theft to obtain surveillance video of several of the purchases and discovered Moore had allegedly purchased 36 gift cards over 21 separate transactions. Police said several of those purchases were made during the time Mlsna was known to be dead.

Moore was arrested by US Marshals on a parole violation for carjacking at an apartment about three and a half miles away from Mlsna’s home.

A search of the apartment where Moore was arrested uncovered over 30 gift cards and receipts, credit cards issued to Mlsna and women’s jewelry, the affidavit said.

It was also uncovered during the investigation that Moore had an extensive criminal record, including bank robberies and time served in prison.

Moore was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder and a parole violation for felony carjacking. He is currently being held at the Travis County Jail on a $1 million bond. 

According to the police, this case is being investigated as Austin’s 63rd homicide of 2024.

Stepheny Price is writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Story tips and ideas can be sent to stepheny.price@fox.com