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Some controversy has arisen when [[Twitter]] banned the Articles of Unity account with no explanation<ref>{{Cite web|last=Harper|first=Cindy|date=2020-08-31|title=Twitter suspends account of non-partisan group Articles of Unity|url=https://reclaimthenet.org/twitter-suspends-articles-of-unity/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-03|website=Reclaim The Net|language=en-US}}</ref>.
== History of Similar Ideas in the United States ==
There is a history of people proposing similar ideas to Unity 2020<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wheelan|first=Nick Troiano and Charles|title=The last presidential 'unity ticket' was in 1864. We need another bipartisan pair in 2020.|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/17/bipartisan-presidential-unity-ticket-heal-divided-america-2020-column/2583404002/|access-date=2020-09-05|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}</ref>.
[[John McCain]], the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, seriously consider picking senator [[Joe Lieberman]] as his vice-presidential running mate but did not based on advice from his advisors that it would divide the Republican party and harm his chances at the White House<ref>{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=Jonathan|date=2018-05-05|title=At His Ranch, John McCain Shares Memories and Regrets With Friends|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/us/politics/john-mccain-arizona.html|access-date=2020-09-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>. McCain regretted this decision and later said that it was "another mistake that I made [in my political career]"<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yilek|first=Caitlin|date=2018-05-05|title=John McCain regrets choosing Sarah Palin as 2008 running mate over Joe Lieberman|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/john-mccain-regrets-choosing-sarah-palin-as-2008-running-mate-over-joe-lieberman|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-05|website=Washington Examiner|language=en}}</ref> and that "my gut told me to ignore [the advice] and I wish I had"<ref>{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=Jonathan|date=2018-05-05|title=At His Ranch, John McCain Shares Memories and Regrets With Friends|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/us/politics/john-mccain-arizona.html|access-date=2020-09-05|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>.
[[Abraham Lincoln]] in the highly contested [[1864 United States presidential election]] replaced his vice-president with the Democrat [[Andrew Johnson]] and ran on the "National Unity" ticket instead of the Republican ticket<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greenspan|first=Jesse|title=Lincoln’s Hard-Fought Civil War Re-Election, 150 Years Ago|url=https://www.history.com/news/lincolns-hard-fought-civil-war-re-election-150-years-ago|access-date=2020-09-05|website=HISTORY|language=en}}</ref>.
== List of endorsements ==
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