Wee the people: Republican Boebert presses DC witness on public urination

Congresswoman's fixation on whether criminal code would have decriminalized public urination made biggest splash at hearing

In bizarre scenes in a US House hearing, the far-right Republican Lauren Boebert asked if a revised Washington DC criminal code was now law - only to be reminded that Congress overturned it earlier this month - then fixated on whether that code would have decriminalised public urination.

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 said he would not veto a Republican measure to overturn the code.