David Lawson | |
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Member of the Delaware Senate from the 15th district | |
Assumed office November 10, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Nancy W. Cook |
Personal details | |
Born | Johnstown,Pennsylvania | October 29,1946
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Harrington,Delaware |
Alma mater | Delaware Technical Community College,Glendale Community College (California),Delaware State Police Academy |
Website | www |
David G. Lawson (born October 29,1946) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Delaware Senate,where he has represented the 15th District since 2011. [1]
Lawson was born on October 29,1946,in Johnstown,Pennsylvania,and raised on a farm in the Allegheny Mountains. [2] [3]
Lawson enlisted in the United States Air Force and completed a tour of duty in Vietnam before being honorably discharged in 1969. After his retirement from the Air Force,Lawson settled in Harrington,Delaware,where he served as a volunteer with the Harrington Fire Company. He began a career in law enforcement with the Milford Police Department where he worked as a policeman until transferring to the Delaware State Police in 1973. He retired in 1992 and served as a Delaware State Police Range Instructor and as the Lieutenant of the Special Operations Response Team. Lawson attended Glendale Community College,Delaware Technical Community College,and the Delaware State Police Academy. [4]
Lawson was rebuked by Senate President pro tempore David McBride in April 2017 after Lawson called it "despicable" to allow two Muslims to read from the Quran for the daily invocation. [5] Lawson also claimed that the Quran "calls for our very demise". [5] Muslim leaders and others in Delaware condemned Lawson's comments and described them as Islamophobic. [5] [6] [7] Lawson subsequently blamed McBride for holding up legislation that would require courts to use American law,claiming that McBride felt the bill was "anti-Muslim". [8]
In 2019,Lawson was criticized for pushing a bill to prevent "foreign laws" from being utilized in local courts,which was seen as targeting Islam in particular. Lawson responded by questioning whether Muslim Americans want to "subvert our constitution". [9]
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