Howard Lutnick??? I used to work for that idiot (indirectly) about 34 years ago at CF. We used to call him “cement head”. And his dad, Bernie Cantor, was a huge Clinton supporter.
"I think “unburdened by what has been” may be referring to ignoring the past failures of marxism."
I took it to mean our constitutuinal republic. Several leftists, including oBama have said that the constitution was standing in the way of progress (paraphrasing here).
And "what can be" is obviously the left's socialist utopia.
"Neither the sitting president or vice president were in attendance. Sad"
They, along with the leftists who were in attendance (like Schumer) have thrown their lot in with radical Islam, BLM, Antifa and the LGBTQIA+-$@# crazies, believing that, somehow, these savages will help them stay in power.