David Lion
Republican | Minnesota
Candidate Profile
Conservative (Conditional)
BIOGRAPHY
Name
David Lion
Party
Republican
Election Year
2020
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 1A
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
VCBC, Clermont, DSLhc, 2009
TBC, Grand Rapids, PhD, 1999
IML, New Castle, CBC, 1997
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
AOCI, VP / Executive Board Member, Republican Party
Registered Member, Northland Bible College, Chancellor / Chairman
TCT Television, Board Chairman Broadcast Content, KHRT Radio
Broadcaster / Program Host, Tri-State Television, Program Host / Commercial Spokesman
Ohio House of Representatives, Opening Session Invocation, Various Non Profit Organizations
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (3)
Dr. Vazquez - Pres. / Founder AOCI
Dr. Curtis Jacobson - Pres./ Founder. CCI
Organizational Endorsements Pending
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Agree
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds or grants from federal, state, or local governments.
Strongly Agree
I support the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which requires health care providers to provide life-saving treatment for infants who survive an attempted abortion.
Strongly Agree
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
Only Life Saving for the Mother NOTE: And only after at least three different obstetricians have verified it is absolutely necessary for the preservation of the woman's / mother's life.
ECONOMY
It is the government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has a livable income.
Disagree
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
What government spending would you reduce in order to balance the budget?
Payments to illegal immigrants, Funding to the WHO, Foreign aid being provided to countries that are hostile towards America and a variety of other "Pork Barrel Spending" that have no place nor relevance in unrelated bills
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Governments should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Agree
Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with taxpayer or public funds.
Strongly Agree
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
Strongly Agree
I promise to protect the freedom of Christians to share the Gospel and to practice Biblical principles.
Yes
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
January 1st 1802 Thomas Jefferson first made mention of this. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". It has come to be distorted by legislature that the church should have no voice within politics yet we continue to see legislatures endeavoring to censorship of the religious voice, This can not be.
HEALTHCARE
It is the government’s responsibility to ensure everyone has health insurance.
Disagree
How would you promote healthcare coverage that is adequate, affordable and accessible for all?
Former President Teddy Roosevelt once said - "Hire Good People And Then Let Them Do Their Job". I believe that by overseeing and administrating a collective of knowledgeable individuals from the medical, insurance, financial, legal and political fields that a quality healthcare proposal could be presented to the American People. I would then like to present to the American people a three tiered healthcare proposal with each tier having a progressing degree of benefits and required participation from both the government and the individuals themselves that are being insured.
NATIONAL SECURITY
The best way to maintain peace is through a strong military.
Strongly Agree
IMMIGRATION
I am in favor of construction of a wall and other necessary infrastructure on our border that gives complete control over entering and exiting the United States.
Strongly Agree
State and federal funds should be denied to any public or private entity, including but not limited to sanctuary cities, that are not in compliance with immigration laws.
Strongly Agree
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
Those who come in legally and according to our present immigration laws. If we are not going to enforce our immigration laws or any law for that matter, then perhaps we should stop bothering to make laws all altogether.
EDUCATION
Taxpayer-funded public education should be guaranteed through college.
Strongly Disagree
VALUES
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Agree
I support adding sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression as protected classes in non-discrimination laws.
Strongly Disagree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Having a Doctorate of Divinity could lead to quit extensive answers in this question so I shall suffice it to say the following: God exists. God created the heavens and earth and all that is in the earth including mankind. Mankind fell from grace and needed a mediator between God and himself and that mediator came in the form of God's own son - Jesus Christ. Jesus died upon a cross taking upon himself the sins of the world / mankind. Although salvation is timeless and universally available it is only individually appropriated through ones own personal faith in the atoning work of Jesus Christ. I Value the honoring of God, the protection and observance of my Christian Faith and the Bible as the final authority for personal conviction and conduct. I value my family, my country and the American way of life. I value the Constitution of the United States of America, the First Amendment and the Second Amendment and I believe all lives matter.
ABOUT YOU
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, which of the following best describes you overall?
Conservative
Please provide publicly available information validating your answer to the previous question.
The practicing of my conservative values and the inspiration for such has been quit well documented via a number of communication venues for well over three decades. Should any individual or organization wish to validate these I am sure they are readily available via a simple search.
What education or experience qualifies you to hold the office for which you seek election?
I have studied human though and societal interactions for over thirty years. I have established and balanced multi-dimensional budgets, written various constitutions and bi-laws and have sat upon and directed various National and Inter-National Boards. I have been trained in conflict resolution, negotiating tactics, operational best practices and multi-ethnic and socioeconomic team building. In addition, I have lived both within Canada and the United States and have traveled the world extensively enough to have gathered a in-depth wisdom that only comes with both age and experience. I am firmly persuaded that both my education and experience shall be applicable for the good and future of the American people, their children, and their children's children.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
NO
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
May the facts be known, should I be elected to the US MN House of Representatives for District 1 A, I and my family will be taking a pay cut for the honor and privileged of serving you the American people... our neighbors. I am sixty years young, I have children and grandchildren even as many of you, it is not at this stage of life about the money and I'm not sure it ever was. It's about having honor and integrity, loving your fellow man and just "Doing The Right Thing". I want to leave this country, our state and our communities here in NW Minnesota better than we found them. I want a hope and a future for our children and our children's children. Only You can help to accomplish this. I need your vote and I humbly and respectfully would ask you for it in this coming election. May God Bless you and may God Bless America.Thank you.
JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY
I support the use of Sharia law as a basis for legislation and judicial decisions in the United States.
Strongly Disagree
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Mandatory minimum sentencing should be required and enforced for violent crimes.
Strongly Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
Should teachers be allowed to carry guns at school?
Yes
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
Little to None other than that which is presently in place
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
I support the legalization of recreational marijuana.
Disagree
The Electoral College should be abolished.
Strongly Disagree
In priority order, what three areas of legislation do you propose to author or sponsor if elected?
Sponsor SF127 - The establishing of term limits for legislatures Sponsor SF115 - The preservation of the right for people to keep and bear arms Propose - A tax incentives to be allotted to companies who shall employ rural Americans by providing such work for them that it shall allow them to work from their varied residencies. (Reduction of the rural communities populations and increased revenues for rural America is the objective )
Is racism a threat to domestic security in the United States? Why or why not?
Yes Definitely. Anti-fa has already been designated as a Domestic Terrorist Organization. The carnage of Minneapolis was rooted in racism and was allowed to happen proving the adage "Where No Leadership HasBbeen Given It Will Be Taken".
