MarkdownString: ThemeIcon doesn't render in <a> without href

[YXL76]

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

• VS Code Version: 1.68.0
• OS Version: Linux x64 5.18.3-zen1-1-zen

Steps to Reproduce:

1. This code display nothing.

const md = new MarkdownString("", true);
md.supportHtml = true;
md.value = `<a>$(sync)</a>`;
createStatusBarItem().tooltip = md;

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[mjbvz]

Actually this is already enabled, you just need to set supportThemeIcons as well as supportHtml.

The bug is that theme icons gets stripped from an <a> without an href