Jon Stewart was asked on Thursday to join Twitter to defend the renegade Reddit merchants who rocked Wall Street this week.
The former “Daily Show” presenter came back to critics of the rogue day traders who used WallStreetBets to skyrocket GameStop’s stock in spite of major hedge funds shorting the company.
“This is bullshit. The Redditors aren’t cheating, they’re taking part in a party that Wall Street insiders have been enjoying for years,” Stewart tweeted.
“Don’t close them … but maybe sue them for copyright infringement !!”
He added, “We have learned nothing from 2008.”
The comedian signed his first tweet “StewBeef.” His account @jon_actual was quickly verified and received a blue check.
Stephen Colbert, host of “The Late Show” responded to Stewart saying, “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 fellow users for the warm welcome to the social media platform.
“I promise I will only use this app sporadically and ineffectively,” he joked.