David G. Lawson


David G. Lawson is an American politician and a Republican member of the Delaware Senate since January 11, 2011, representing District 15.
Lawson enlisted in the United States Air Force and completed a tour of duty in Vietnam before being honorably discharged in 1969. 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.
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. Muslim leaders and others in Delaware condemned Lawson's comments and described them as Islamophobic. 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."

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