Orwellian: Congresswoman claims someone who commits a crime isn’t necessarily a ‘criminal’
A sitting member of Congress has come up with a startling definition of “criminal.” It’s apparently not someone who commits a crime.
That’s according to Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who boasted during an interview of having conversations with “people that were going out and committing crimes.”
“I do want people to know that, just because someone has committed a crime doesn’t make them a criminal. … Being a criminal is more so about your mindset.”
NEW: Jasmine Crockett claims committing crimes *doesn’t* make person “CRIMINAL” — says it depends on “MINDSET”
“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.”… pic.twitter.com/9HmuF82XOD
— Jason Cohen (@JasonJournoDC) September 18, 2025
Her comments prompted a commenter to post online the definition from the Oxford dictionary explaining “crim-i-nal” is “a person who has committed a crime.”
“While mindset and intent can influence the severity or context of the act, the label ‘criminal’ is tied to the action itself, not just a state of mind,” said another.
Under Crockett’s mindset, driving a truck would not necessarily make one a truck driver, and sitting behind a bench in a courtroom and delivering judgments would not necessarily make one a judge.
Nor would being elected make someone a member of Congress?
Fox News described how she claimed to be working on how to make communities safer.
“And I do think that I’m in a unique situation because I was having the conversations with people that were going out and committing crimes. 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,” she claimed.
She then amplified her longstanding anti-Trump agenda, stating that it’s “the MAGA gang” that is responsible for crime being “out of control” rather than illegal aliens.
She earlier claimed that police are not there to prevent crime, just solve it after the fact.
Another commenter quoted George Orwell’s “1984” stating, “Love is Hate, War is Peace.”
Other situations were suggested: “So if I snatch that bling right off your neck it’s not criminal cause I was just jealous you had a necklace I didn’t.”
And alarmingly, one commenter said, “So if you kill, but you thought you were helping society, then that’s ok?? Right??”
The Gateway Pundit called her “thicko” in a report about her interview with a Netflix personality.
It explained, “Over the past year, Crockett has become notorious for her vulgar language, shocking ignorance, and deliberately provocative remarks — especially when discussing President Trump or the wider conservative movement.”
Further, it reported, “During a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Crockett downplayed the murder of Kayla Hamilton, a 20-year-old autistic woman who was raped and killed by an MS-13 gang member in 2022.”
DISGUSTING BEHAVIOR: Rep. Jasmine Crockett just called Kayla Hamilton, a young girl murdered by an illegal alien, a “random dead person.” pic.twitter.com/pSqBF0RAc5
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) September 10, 2025