He is kind-of right. Not "shorts" but "short term". That is exactly what APDN has been dealing with for years. But, he is wrong that that has stopped. It is just the flippers are trading in the new ~ 2.55 - 2.99 range, but overall the downward trend will continue. And, he is further wrong that raising the stock price was a good thing for the stock price. IT wasn't because now it is safer to short.
Short-term traders don't keep stocks "down" in a range... they keep stocks "up" in a range. Without the flippers this stock would have no volume and the bleed would be much more noticeable.
Any CEO or executive that makes a statement on traders affecting the stock price is a pink CEO.