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Photo: Topless Animal Rights Activists Interrupt Sanders Rally in Nevada's Carson City

© AP Photo / Rich PedroncelliDemocratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders I-Vt., waits as campaign workers remove protestors from the stage during his campaign event in Carson City
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders I-Vt., waits as campaign workers remove protestors from the stage during his campaign event in Carson City - Sputnik International
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US Senator Bernie Sanders, 78, who has emerged as the frontrunner in the Democratic presidential race following the New Hampshire primary, rallied in Nevada on Sunday, in preparation for that state's 22 February Democratic caucus.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, a self-described socialist Democrat, while speaking at a campaign event in Carson City, Nevada, had only just finished introducing his wife as "the next first lady" when a woman rushed the stage, attempting to grab the microphone.

"Bernie, I'm your biggest supporter, and I'm here to ask you to stop propping up the dairy industry and to stop propping up animal agriculture. I believe in you",  the woman yelled into the microphone before it was switched off.

At that moment, a group of other women joined the first, splashing colored liquid apparently intended to resemble fake blood, and quickly disrobed.

Before security intervened, Sanders supporters and journalists video recorded the incident. The images of the topless female activists from the briefly-interrupted rally, displaying "let dairy die" on their chests, instantly went viral.

After security expelled the naked women from the stage, Sanders reentered, joking with the crowd by noting that, "This is Nevada, there’s always a little bit of excitement".

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According to media reports, three women representing animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere, arrested after the rally on charges of indecent exposure, are currently being held on $2,500 bond each.

The group alleged in a press release that candidate Sanders "has shifted to criticizing factory farming giants during the 2020 campaign", claiming that the Democratic senator "has a pro-dairy history, including personally writing an amendment into a 2009 ag appropriations bill to give dairy $350 million in corporate welfare".

Activists claim that "political influence" allegedly "undermines animal welfare", citing this issue as "a major contributor to climate change".

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