Jon Stewart was asked to join Twitter on Thursday to defend the renegade Reddit dealers who turned Wall Street upside down this week.
The former presenter of the “Daily Show” countered criticism of dishonest traders who used WallStreetBets to make GameStop’s stock soar in defiance of the large hedge funds that were short selling the deal.
“This is bullshit. Redditors are not cheating, they’re joining a party that Wall Street members have been enjoying for years, ” Stewart tweeted.
“Don’t close them … maybe you will sue them for copyright infringement!”
He added: “We learned nothing from 2008.”
The comedian signed his first tweet “StewBeef”. Your @jon_actual account was verified quickly and received a blue check.
The Late Show host Stephen Colbert answered to Stewart with: “Well, one thing has changed since 2008 – a friend of mine joined Twitter.”
In a follow-up tweet a few hours later, Stewart, 58, thanked the other users for their warm welcome to the social media platform.
“I promise to use this app only sporadically and ineffectively”, he joked.