{"id":114592,"date":"2021-01-31T20:08:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T01:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=114592"},"modified":"2021-01-31T20:42:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T01:42:04","slug":"jon-stewart-joins-twitter-denounces-robinhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-stewart-joins-twitter-denounces-robinhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart Joins Twitter, Denounces Robinhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjon-stewart-joins-twitter-denounces-robinhood%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=114592&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>It&#8217;s hard to believe that Jon Stewart, the former host of &#8220;The Daily Show,&#8221; had avoided Twitter all this time. Alas, there&#8217;s a first time for everything.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, the political comedian joined the social media giant and torched the trading app Robinhood after it implemented a trade freeze on the surging GameStop (GME) stock that the Reddit group WallStreetBets pushed in an attempt to &#8220;squeeze&#8221; big hedge fund mangers who were short-selling the stock.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is bulls**t. The Redditors aren&#8217;t cheating, they&#8217;re joining a party Wall Street insiders have been enjoying for years. Don&#8217;t shut them down&#8230;maybe sue them for copyright infringement instead!! We&#8217;ve learned nothing from 2008,&#8221; tweeted Stewart first.<\/p>\n<p><b>[Warning: Strong Language]<\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is bullshit. The Redditors aren&#039;t cheating, they&#039;re joining a party Wall Street insiders have been enjoying for years. Don&#039;t shut them down&#8230;maybe sue them for copyright infringement instead!!<br \/>We&#039;ve learned nothing from 2008.<br \/>Love<br \/>StewBeef<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Stewart (@jonstewart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonstewart\/status\/1354901018564321287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After a warm welcome from his newfound followers, who quickly swelled to one million, Stewart then joked about becoming president if he excels on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So&#8230;if I do really well on here I get to be President, yes?&#8221; he tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So&#8230;if I do really well on here I get to be President, yes?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Stewart (@jonstewart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonstewart\/status\/1355276142262050817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jon Stewart joining in the hit against Robinhood and the championing of WallStreetBets represents yet another example of the bizarre coalition of diverging political opinions that seem to have united in the wake of the GameStopSurge, which has seen the likes of billionaire Mark Cuban, Donald Trump Jr., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) all agreeing with each other.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cI got to say I LOVE LOVE what is going on with\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#wallstreetbets<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">. All of those years of High Frequency Traders front running retail traders, now speed and density of information and retail trading is giving the little guy an edge. Even my 11 yr old traded w them and made $,\u201d tweeted Mark Cuban.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I got to say I LOVE LOVE  what is going on with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/wallstreetbets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#wallstreetbets<\/a>. All of those years of High Frequency Traders front running retail traders,now speed and density of information and retail trading is giving the little guy an edge. Even my 11 yr old traded w them and made $<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Cuban (@mcuban) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mcuban\/status\/1354613692239925249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cThis is unacceptable,&#8221; tweeted AOC after Robinhood initiated the freeze. &#8220;We now need to know more about <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@RobinhoodApp<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u2019s decision to block retail investors from purchasing stock while hedge funds are freely able to trade the stock as they see fit. As a member of the Financial Services Cmte, I\u2019d support a hearing if necessary.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cInquiries into freezes should not be limited solely to Robinhood. This is a serious matter. Committee investigators should examine any retail services freezing stock purchases in the course of potential investigations \u2013 especially those allowing sales, but freezing purchases,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fully agree,&#8221; Cruz said in response to AOC.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fully agree. \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rW38zfLYGh\">https:\/\/t.co\/rW38zfLYGh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1354833603943931905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cIt took less than a day for big tech, big government and the corporate media to spring into action and begin colluding to protect their hedge fund buddies on Wall Street. This is what a rigged system looks like, folks!\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#RobinHood<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#RedditArmy<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#GME<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#GMEtothemoon<a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GMEtothemoon?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">,<\/a><\/span>\u201d tweeted Don Jr.<\/p>\n<p>The former president\u2019s son also shared a post from\u00a0Barstool CEO Dave Portnoy, who tweeted: \u201cSomebody is going to have to explain to me in what world RobinhoodApp and others literally trying to force a crash by closing the open market is fair? They should all be in jail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they take down WallStreetBets, they better take down every single Wall Street hedge fund that has been endlessly using gangster tactics to make a quick buck,\u201d the WallStreetBets chairman tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not wrong\u2026 they just aggregated enough small retail investors in an open forum to move markets just like the big guys. It\u2019s actually amazing to watch!!!\u201d responded Don Jr.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It took less than a day for big tech, big government and the corporate media to spring into action and begin colluding to protect their hedge fund buddies on Wall Street. This is what a rigged system looks like, folks! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RobinHood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RobinHood<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RedditArmy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RedditArmy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GME?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GME<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GMEtothemoon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GMEtothemoon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UhrwGHCjng\">https:\/\/t.co\/UhrwGHCjng<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1354793103090212865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He\u2019s not wrong&#8230; they just aggregated enough small retail investors in an open forum to move markets just like the big guys. It\u2019s actually amazing to watch!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GME?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GME<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GMEtothemoon?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GMEtothemoon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kfs9mZy9QI\">https:\/\/t.co\/kfs9mZy9QI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1354643375610322945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/aoc-don-jr-ted-cruz-all-rip-robinhood-for-halting-gamestop-trading\">AOC, Don Jr., Ted Cruz All Rip Robinhood For Halting GameStop Trading:\u00a0\u2018Unacceptable\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s hard to believe that Jon Stewart, the former host of \u201cThe Daily Show,\u201d had avoided Twitter all this time. Alas, there\u2019s a first time for everything. 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