Congresswoman’s fixation on whether criminal code would have decriminalized public urination made biggest splash at hearing
The revision was meant to give the District of Columbia a first code update in 120 years, but it became subject to fierce debate over crime as a political issue. Republicans said the code was soft on violent offenses. Angering progressives, Joe Biden saidCharles Allen, a city councilman, chaired the DC judiciary committee which considered the revisions.entitled “Overdue Oversight of the Capital City”.
Allen, DC council chair Phil Mendelson, chief financial officer Glen Lee and Greggory Pemberton of the DC Police Union faced aggressive Republican questioning, mostly regarding policing and crime, including theBut Boebert’s fixation on public urination made the biggest splash. The pro-Trump Coloradan, who has a history of inflammatory behavior, asked: “You led the charge to reform DC’s crime laws. Is that correct?”Boebert said: “You led the charge, yes sir. And these changes are now law here in DC. Correct?”Boebert appeared confused.
Allen said: “The revised criminal code that was passed by the council kept it as a criminal offense.”Allen said: “I voted for it, yes.”Allen said: “That’s correct. The full council did.”Allen said: “No. The –”Allen said: “No. The legislation you’re referring to came from the criminal code reform commission that changed public urination from a criminal to a civil offense. The council then changed that, to maintain it as a criminal offense at the request of the mayor.
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