Topless protesters storm stage as Bernie Sanders campaigns in Nevada - New York Daily News

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Feb 16, 2020 | 4:15 PM

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders is hugged by his wife, Jane, left, as he waits for protesters who interrupted his remarks are removed from the stage during his campaign event in Carson City, Nev., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)

A group of protesters blew their tops — literally — as Sen. Bernie Sanders was campaigning in Carson City, Nev., on Sunday.

The Democratic presidential hopeful had just finished introducing his wife Jane O'Meara Sanders as “the next First Lady” when a woman walked up to the mic and started rambling about subsidies for the dairy industry, video posted to social media showed.

“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,” she exclaimed before the sound was cut.

Two topless kindred spirits hopped onstage to join her. They poured milk on themselves and preened around the podium for just a few moments before security took the protesters away.

The crowd shouted “Bernie!” while some members screamed obscenities at the women.

The presidential candidate seemed to take the interruption in stride, quipping, “This is Nevada, there’s always a little bit of excitement at no extra cost.”

Mayor de Blasio, who had introduced Sanders minutes earlier, appeared to be confused by the incident. He was seen on video averting his gaze from the stage and walking away as the scene unfolded.

Hizzoner endorsed Sanders last week, following the Vermont senator’s strong showings in the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries.

Battling a sore throat, de Blasio preached, “There’s only one candidate, brothers and sisters. I feel this in my heart.

“There’s only one candidate who can bring together an entire coalition of working people of all races and ethnicities, every part of this country."

Sunday wasn’t the first time nudity was spotted at a Sanders rally.

In 2016, two women were arrested for disrobing to reveal the phrase “Feel the Bern” written on their bodies outside a rally in Los Angeles, according to the L.A. Times.

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