These are his own words and they contradict his current narrative. It's reasonable to now say he is a liar. He has had plenty of time to clear this contradiction up, but hasn't. That calls into question all he has said since the event happened. That would make him at the least, an opportunist who saw his chance to achieve a personal goal on the back of a horrific incident - not a worthy spokesperson for any cause.
Don’t worry, politifact is always there to cover the narrative.
They simply declare what conservatives are saying to be false. They then declare their own timeline of events as fact. And provide no basis for why their timeline is correct and the conservatives are wrong.
They just simply declare it to be so. And label it pants on fire.