The Daily Mail reported that Vermont senator and 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders attacked the decision at a Meet the Candidate event at the Pride Weekend celebration in Des Moines, Iowa, sniping, “We have seen the Trump administration try to roll back protections for transgender people, and the Trump Education Department rollback protections for transgender students. Pence noted, “We put no restrictions on displaying any other flags or any other displays at our embassies beyond that.” The embassies have been permitted to fly the LGBTQ flag inside embassies and on exterior walls. flagpole during June, which is LGBTQ Pride Month.
Last Friday, NBC News reported that three American diplomats said the Trump administration rejected requests from some American embassies overseas to fly the rainbow flag on the official U.S.
