WATCH: Committing Crimes Does Not Make Someone A Criminal, Crockett Says
Published 2 hours ago
on September 18, 2025
By Cullen McCue
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) raised eyebrows during a recent appearance on the “Getting Better” podcast with Jonathan Van Ness that committing a crime does not make one a criminal.
“Understanding what ends up having people become criminally impacted really informs so much of what I do legislatively, right? So when people are like, oh, you know, crime is terrible. And yes, it is, right? Like, because when somebody goes out and commits a crime, they don’t typically, you know, say, well, I’m a D or I’m a R or I’m a I,” the congresswoman said.
“And so I understood what was kind of pushing them there. And so I do want people to know that just because someone has committed a crime, it doesn’t make them a criminal. That is completely different. Being a criminal is more so about your mindset. Committing a crime can come for a lot of different reasons.”
Crockett has long been a proponent of “criminal justice reform” policies like sending social workers to respond to certain calls instead of police, defunding police budgets and eliminating cash bail.
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