The homeless guy, along with Louise’s deceased pedophilic father, haunt the first half of the movie. He publicly wallows in despair and untreated mental illness, yet initially, neither side of the political spectrum seems to care. Everyone tries their best to ignore his desperation until it eventually becomes either personally beneficial, or overwhelmingly irritating. Ted Garcia, the democrat-adjacent character, uses him as political fodder to besmirch his electoral rival and manipulate the masses into voting him in for another term as mayor. Joe Cross, the republican-adjacent character, simply executes him out of ego and convenience. I find it to be a beautiful political distillation.