Young people have stayed away in droves from a tweet-a-thon with their ‘fearless champion Auntie Maxine’ in an embarrassing snub to the so-called ‘influencer’.

Maxine Waters, 79, organised a ‘Meet & Greet Tweet-a-thon’ in an attempt to show how popular, and in touch she is with millennials.

The event was billed as a ‘coming together to amplify congresswoman Walters’ voice and highlight her ‘many achievements throughout her career’.

It was a lonely-looking Waters taking to the microphone at Sunday’s event, as a video posted on her Twitter account showed about 11 millennials in attendance

Auntie Maxine's invitation

Young people were asked to join ‘top social media influencers for a tweet-a-thon in support of Auntie Maxine… come energized and ready to get out the vote’.

But it was a lonely-looking Waters taking to the microphone at Sunday’s event, as a video posted on her Twitter account showed just 11 millennials in attendance.

She told them: ‘You can say whatever you want to say.

'Tell us what you are thinking about, what would you like to see, not only in this election but politics in general, with your elected officials. What are you thinking?’

One spoke of the importance of having a ‘continued role’ of representation of people standing up for black people’.

Empty tables were in evidence

As a camera showed empty tables, the congresswoman, of the 43rd District of California, told the small group, ‘We’re going to take back the House’.

Afterwards, she took to Twitter to thank ‘all of the #millennials who supported our tweet-a-thon today.’

After Time magazine honoured her as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, ‘Black-ish’ actor Yara Shahidi said that she was ‘adored and admired by people who care about social justice… particularly the white men of Congress who dare test her acumen’.

In April this year, Waters called upon Donald Trump to ‘please resign. So that I won’t have to keep up this fight of your having impeached because I don’t think you deserve to be here. Just get out.’