Reid Seybold, a senior at FSU who was around the corner from the shooting when it unfolded, said he knew Ikner from a political discussion group at Tallahassee State College, where he spent the first two years of his education before he transferred to FSU.
Seybold, the group's president, said Ikner was asked not to return to the group because of views that Seybold said aligned with white supremacy.
“He espoused so much white supremacist rhetoric and far-right rhetoric, as well,” Seybold said.
Since then, Seybold said, he has seen Ikner only a couple of times in passing.
The current president of the same club, Riley Pusins, said that at meetings, the suspect advocated for President Donald Trump’s agenda and often promoted white supremacist values, even though the club was nonpartisan and was about debate and political discourse.
Pusins said many people in the club had labeled the suspect, who attended regularly as recently as last semester, a fascist.
After the meetings, Pusins said, the suspect often made more “inappropriate” comments. He would “go up to the line” in the meeting and then cross the line in comments made after the fact, Pusins said.
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