[[Bret Weinstein]] first proposed Unity 2020 by posting a whitepaper entitled "Articles of Unity: A Patriotic Plan To Save Our Republic" on the website mediumMedium on June 29, 2020 that outlined the basic tenants of the proposal<ref>{{Cite web|last=#Unity2020|title=The Articles of Unity|url=https://medium.com/@ArticlesOfUnity/the-articles-of-unity-f544f930d336|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|website=Medium|language=en|date=June 29, 2020}}</ref>. The largest announcement was on [[The Joe Rogan Experience]] podcast episode #1494 on June 18, 2020<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Joe Rogan Experience #1494 - Bret Weinstein|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRCzZp1J0v0&feature=youtu.be&t=5499|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-19|website=www.youtube.com|date=June 18, 2020}}</ref> which to date has over 6,300,000 views on Youtube.