Asked if he has plans to run for public office, he replied, “I hope not. You know, I talked to God about that and he was like, ‘No.’”

I think that’s just a humble way of saying what was in his heart. I don’t know all that much about Joe other than he was minding his own business and got swept up in a tempest.
He seems a decent sort and at the very least an unworthy target for ridicule.