Iceland has something to say about Vice President Mike Pence’s infamously anti-LGBTQ beliefs.
Pence arrived at Höfði house in Reykjavík for a meeting with Icelandic President Guðni Jóhannesson on Thursday–and was greeted with a host of Pride flags planted near the surrounding buildings.
so at his stop at Höfði (house where Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Reykjavík occurred), @vp was met by this not-so-subtle display and then the mayor said he grieved the loss of the INF treaty that emerged from the summit but was recently withdrawn from by the trump administration pic.twitter.com/89P8nQmupc
— Justin Sink (@justinsink) September 4, 2019
“We just felt the need to celebrate diversity today and wanted to show that by flying the flags,” a company executive of Advania, a firm that owns one of the buildings, told Iceland Monitor.
It didn’t stop there: Jóhannesson was seen wearing a rainbow bracelet during his photo op with Pence.
also, Iceland‘s President Jóhannesson wore a rainbow bracelet (as he did while meeting with Putin) during photo op with Pence today pic.twitter.com/kCAUzUiafo
— Justin Sink (@justinsink) September 4, 2019
Iceland’s first lady, Eliza Reid, sported a similar bracelet during the vice president’s visit.
Not that I needed another reason to love #Iceland's First Lady #ElizaReid, but all hail the white pantsuit and rainbow bracelet she donned for her meeting with #MikePence. #equality Pic by MBL pic.twitter.com/BdbkdFe8nC
— Melissa Jun Rowley (@MelissaRowley) September 5, 2019