A protester rushed the stage and ripped the mic out of Kamala Harris' hand at a San Francisco forum

A man rushed the stage and ripped a microphone out of Sen. Kamala Harris' hand at a San Francisco presidential forum on Saturday, interrupting the Democratic presidential candidate to tell the audience he had a "much bigger idea." 

"I'm asking your attention to a much bigger idea," he said, before the hosts interrupted him and security guards pulled him off the stage and Harris briefly walked away. She later returned to the stage as the audience applauded.
 

At the #BigIdeas @MoveOn festival moments ago — @KamalaHarris was on stage answering questions when a man jumped on stage and grabbed her microphone.

The senator came back out on stage to finish her speech about #EqualPay. pic.twitter.com/TtHLYSDUta

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) June 1, 2019

"Thank you so much, sir, for your big idea," one of the moderators said as the man was escorted out. "But we want to make sure that we are able to get through this." 

Emhoff later tweeted about the incident, thanking supporters for their "kind notes." 

"We are good. I love @KamalaHarris and would do anything for her," he said.

Thx for all the kind notes. We are good. I love ⁦@KamalaHarris⁩ and would do anything for her. ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/2uGIJUTLCf

— Douglas Emhoff (@douglasemhoff) June 2, 2019

The incident happened at MoveOn's "Big Ideas Forum" while Harris was discussing the gender pay gap. 

The man was later identified by news outlets as a member of the animal-rights group, Direct Action Everywhere. 

A press release from the organization said the man interrupted Harris to call on her to "support ordinary citizens rescuing animals rather than the factory farms that abuse animals, sicken local populations and repress whistleblowing activity."