Well, and there you have it. Of course he wouldn't be telling a tall tale, would he?
If you say someone “wants to do something,” you really should provide something vaguely resembling evidence that your statement is true.
A flat statement by him that he doesn’t want to do it is pretty strong evidence to the contrary.
Look, I don’t know this guy, but it makes conservatives look stupid to claim, without evidence, that people “want to do” something they specifically say they don’t want to do.