Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez teased Wall Street on Wednesday for wanting to help a Reddit message board raise GameStop shares.
“I have to admit that it’s really something to see Wall Streeters with a long history of our economy as a casino complaining about a poster board that also treats the market as a casino,” the Bronx Democrat said. . tweeted.
She adds in another tweet ‘Anyways, Tax the Rich’.
Ocasio-Cortez alluded to the infamous “WallStreetBets” Reddit forum, which became private shortly after Wednesday after the group’s Discord channel was banned over ‘hate speech’. The subreddit was re-released shortly thereafter.
“AOC got our backs,” reads a forum post, along with a screenshot of Ocasio-Cortez’s Twitter thread.
GameStop and AMC Entertainment made 134 percent and 301 percent profits in one day with the help of the Reddit message board, which sent institutional Wall Street hedge funds into turmoil.