The only problem with independence for Puerto Rico is that every time there is a special election for this the vote is always split 50 - 50.
Sounds like this guy is just spitting into the wind.
The island’s pro-statehood leaders should realize they have an excellent opportunity to exploit Acevedo’s born-again nationalism and talk the members of the PPD’s more conservative, pro-American wing into voting for the PNP in November.