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The protesters
were led away by several Secret Service agents before they were
able to reach the Democrat, whose speech was briefly interrupted
by the disturbance, a video posted by CNN showed.
A Secret Service agent rushed to Sanders' side, grabbed him and
wrapped his arms around the presidential candidate during the
ruckus.
"We don't get intimidated easily," said Sanders, as he resumed
his speech.
Animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere claimed
responsibility for the protest, saying in a statement that it
hoped to persuade Sanders to take a tough stance against factory
farms.
“Bernie Sanders claims to support the 'good' farms," activist
Rachel Ziegler said in the statement. "But as our repeated
investigations have shown, even the 'good' farms are horrific."
The organization posted a video online showing at least five
protesters being led away by security personnel after they
climbed onto the stage.
Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, is running far behind
Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination for
the Nov. 8 presidential election.
In March, a man stormed the stage as the presumptive Republican
presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke in Vandalia, Ohio before
being held by several agents.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Michael
Perry and Ralph Boulton)
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