He wasn't talking about puts. He was talking about exercising your calls to buy the shares. A call is an option to buy the stock. Example: you bought a call for $5.00 and not the call is worth $300.00. The stock is selling at $335.00. You get to buy 100 shares (1 call) of the stock, you pay the difference, $35.00 per share.
Let's just hope Pelosi & Schumer takes the bait and brings him as a witness for the trial in the Senate. Pretty sure they won't be able to resist it. In fact, their staff are probably gathering many more who will do the same as the Qanon Shaman.
No. It's shorted stock and naked CALLS are bearish positions. Puts are bearish. Naked puts are Bullish.
The main thing is the short sellers (hedge funds) must cover. At some point they have to buy actual shares of the stock. We're talking 10's of millions of shares here. There is now where close to that many shares the new share owners are willing to sell, at any price. The hedge funds are proper fucked,