More residents may hang flags pic.twitter. Residents on NW Washington Street where VP Elect Pence is renting a house are sending him a symbolic message. An Omaha man accused of burning his neighbors' gay pride flag last month will stand trial for arson aggravated by a hate crime.'I have gay friends and I apologize to my neighbors,' Mayfield said. “This is one way that I can show my disagreement,” said Heintzen. There are roughly a half-dozen pride flags hanging on the block, and more are on the way, reports WJLA. #Pride flags sending message to outside temporary #DC home. Neighbors started hanging the pride flags after the VP-Elect moved in because the LGBTQ community has criticized Pence’s policies regarding LGBTQ rights. Pence moved into a house on Heintzen’s block where he will stay on-and-off until he moves into the Vice-President’s mansion on the grounds of the Naval Observatory next year. Pence is living in the neighborhood during the transition before he moves into the vice president's mansion on the grounds of the Naval Observatory next year. The ‘he’ Heintzen is referring to is Vice-President Elect Mike Pence.
“A respectful message showing, in my case, my disagreement with some of his thinking,” said Ilse Heintzen.
