Jon Stewart Joins Twitter, Weighs In on Uproar Over GameStop Market Chaos

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Jon Stewart joined Twitter Thursday and weighed in on the current stock market chaos in his first tweet.

“This is bullshit. The Redditors aren’t cheating, they’re joining a party Wall Street insiders have been enjoying for years. Don’t shut them down…maybe sue them for copyright infringement instead!!” Stewart tweeted. “We’ve learned nothing from 2008.”

This is bullshit. The Redditors aren’t cheating, they’re joining a party Wall Street insiders have been enjoying for years. Don’t shut them down…maybe sue them for copyright infringement instead!!
We’ve learned nothing from 2008.
Love
StewBeef

— Jon Stewart (@jon_actual) January 28, 2021

Stephen Colbert shared Stewart’s tweet and confirmed it was the man himself.

Well, one thing changed since 2008- a friend of mine joined Twitter. https://t.co/XowK9xXu4D

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) January 28, 2021

After being verified by Twitter, Stewart added, “Thanks for the warm welcome! I promise to only use this app in a sporadic and ineffective manner.”

Thanks for the warm welcome! I promise to only use this app in a sporadic and ineffective manner.

— Jon Stewart (@jon_actual) January 29, 2021

Stewart recently signed a deal with Apple TV+ for a current affairs series. In the past few years, he’s been particularly vocal as an advocate for 9/11 first responders and pushed for Congress to reauthorize the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund in 2019.