Busted: Maxine Waters's Aides Expelled From Pelosi Event

No one threw any shoes, but that didn't matter.

Security officers asked three aides for Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) to leave an outdoor event in downtown D.C., after they tried to display signs supporting Waters just as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was about to speak.

According to The Hill, the signs defended Waters against ethics charges that she was involved in the improper dissemination of bailout funds. One of the sign carriers claimed to be Waters's nephew.

"Let’s fight for Maxine Waters," read one phrase. Another included: "No improper action. No benefit. No failure to disclose. No one influenced. No case!"

According to another aid, the workers were staffers paid for the day, and Waters's office has been printing defensive material: 40 to 50 yard signs were printed, in addition to 10,000 handouts. The office plans to deploy similar supporters at other events up until Waters's trial. Still, the official position is that the staffers were not sent specifically to the Pelosi event, but rather dispatched to the annual legislative conference for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

Waters responded on Thursday: "It ain’t about Nancy. It’s about black people."

She also denied that she was related to any of the sign staffers: "I’m everybody’s aunt."