Jon Stewart joined Twitter on Thursday and supported the “Redditors” who shook Wall Street by buying shares in struggling companies like GameStop.
Chaos broke out earlier in the day after the Robinhood trading app blocked users from buying shares that were increasing in value in recent weeks, something Stewart alluded to in his first tweet.
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“This is bulls —,” Stewart reacted. “Redditors are not cheating, they are joining a party that Wall Street inmates have been enjoying for years. Don’t close them … maybe you will sue them for copyright infringement!”
Steward added: “We learned nothing from 2008.”
The former presenter of the “Daily Show” later thanked Twitter users for their “warm welcome”, writing, “I promise to use this app only sporadically and ineffectively.”
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In October, Stewart revealed that he was returning to television as part of a multi-year partnership with Apple TV +.
According to a statement released at the time, Stewart will present a current affairs program that, unlike Comedy Central’s main satirical theme, is a “one-hour, one-time series” that “will explore topics that are currently part of the national conversation. and your advocacy work. ”