Secret Service steps in when protesters jump on stage at Bernie Sanders rally

<p>There was a tense moment on the campaign trail for Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday.</p><p> </p><p>Secret Service agents stepped in to protect the Democratic presidential candidate when animal rights protesters tried to rush the stage at a rally in Oakland, California.</p><p>The agents took down at least four protesters before they made it onstage. One appeared to hit a protester with his baton. </p><p>The animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r4Nx0i0SmQ4TJQsmsESDvKSJKHRoXDCJq4a2SsceBws/edit" target="_blank">says it was their members</a> who tried rushing the stage during Monday's rally.</p><p>But the incident <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/30/politics/secret-service-bernie-sander-protesters/index.html" target="_blank">didn't appear to rattle Sanders</a>.</p><p>"We don't get intimidated easily," Sanders told the crowd as the Secret Service led the protesters away.</p><p>Sanders even joined a packed house at Oracle Arena in Oakland later that day for Game 7 of the NBA Conference Finals.</p><p>This is at least the second time a protester has tried to jump onstage to confront a presidential hopeful this campaign season.</p><p>In March, a protester rushed the stage at a Donald Trump rally in Ohio, but agents grabbed him before he got too far.</p><p><i>This video includes clips from </i><i><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/video/protesters-jump-barrier-at-sanders-rally-695662659957" target="_blank">NBC</a></i><i>, </i><i><a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Protesters-Jump-Barricade-Interrupt-Bernie-Sanders-Rally-in-Oakland-381333601.html" target="_blank">KNTV</a></i><i> and </i><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Dr1b7lwts" target="_blank">ABC</a></i><i>, and images from Getty Images. </i></p>