Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) claimed that just because people commit crimes, it “doesn’t make them a criminal,” adding that it depends on the person’s “mindset.”

During an interview with “genderqueer” Netflix star Jonathan Van Ness, Crockett was asked about having worked as a public defender, and what she wished that “people knew.” Crockett responded by explaining that when you are “assigned to only deal with indigent people” you end up learning “a lot about yourself.”

“It’s just understanding what ends up having people become criminally impacted really informs so much of what I do legislatively, right?” Crockett continued. “So, when people are like, ‘Oh, you know, crime is terrible.’ And, yes it is. Because when somebody goes out and commits a crime, they don’t typically say, ‘Well, I

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