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riversedge

(69,708 posts)
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 08:49 PM Sep 2019

Mike Pence Got Colorfully Taunted On His Way To Meet Iceland's President

Source: huff post




09/05/2019 07:10 am ET Updated 12 hours ago



A company in Reykjavik swapped its flags for rainbow Pride ones ahead of the vice president’s visit.


Vice President Mike Pence was greeted by a row of fluttering rainbow flags as he was driven to meet Iceland’s President Gudni Johannesson on Wednesday.

The Advania technology company ― located in the building opposite Hofdi House in the capital Reykjavik, where Pence convened with Johannesson ― swapped its own flags for Pride ones on the morning of Pence’s visit.


“We just felt the need to celebrate diversity today and wanted to show that by flying the flags,” said Ægir Már Þórisson, the company’s director, according to the Iceland Monitor website. Bloomberg’s White House correspondent Justin Sink shared photos of Pence’s convoy passing the display to Twitter:

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-iceland-flags_n_5d70d003e4b01108045a1cc7







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Mike Pence Got Colorfully Taunted On His Way To Meet Iceland's President (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2019 OP
I don't suppose the US will be making an offer to buy Iceland now. groundloop Sep 2019 #1
Not really, he's asking a question for Eric Trump alfredo Sep 2019 #4
That's beautiful, just subtle enough that Pence probably didn't understand. George II Sep 2019 #2
He deserves the mother of all glitter bombs... Blue Owl Sep 2019 #3
YASS shenmue Sep 2019 #7
I doubt he even noticed.... SergeStorms Sep 2019 #5
I'm in agreement that he probably had no clue. Probably thought that was the Icelandic Flag colors. YOHABLO Sep 2019 #6
I posted this earlier... Behind the Aegis Sep 2019 #8
No problem ! courtjester Sep 2019 #9

SergeStorms

(18,882 posts)
5. I doubt he even noticed....
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 10:29 PM
Sep 2019

and even if he did, would he know what a rainbow flag means? I don't imagine 'mother' allows any reading material in her house that hasn't been thoroughly scrubbed for 'gayness'.

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
6. I'm in agreement that he probably had no clue. Probably thought that was the Icelandic Flag colors.
Thu Sep 5, 2019, 11:24 PM
Sep 2019
> go Iceland!

courtjester

(43 posts)
9. No problem !
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 12:55 AM
Sep 2019

He'll just write their name in his little book of revenge, and as soon as the Christian right overthrows this country and installs him as dictator - nuke'em !

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