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== Beginnings ==

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[[Bret Weinstein]] first proposed Unity 2020 by posting a whitepaper entitled "Articles of Unity: A Patriotic Plan To Save Our Republic" on the website Medium on June 29, 2020 that outlined the basic tenets 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.  

== Motivation ==

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== Articles of Unity and Unity 2020 in the media ==

Since announcing this on ''[[The Joe Rogan Experience]]'', [[Bret Weinstein]] has appeared on many media outlets discussing the idea, such as the ''[[National Review]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=NR Interview|title=The Unity 2020 Ticket: An Interview with Bret Weinstein|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/07/interview-bret-weinstein-unity-2020-ticket-proposal/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|website=National Review|language=en-US|date=July 30, 2020}}</ref> ''[[Rising (news show)|Rising]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Rising -– The Hill TV- Unity 2020 Plan|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptrrDfDGzqs|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-19|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref> ''[[Tucker Carlson Tonight]]'', <ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Bret Weinstein Introduces the Unity 2020 Plan on Tucker Carlson Tonight|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4H-0S89pxU|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=www.youtube.com|date=June 29, 2020}}</ref> the [[Triggernometry (podcast)|Tiggernometry]] podcast,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kisin|first=Konstantin|last2=Foster|first2=Francis|date=|title=Bret Weinstein -– We Can Stop a Civil War|url=https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/watch/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Triggernometry|language=en-AU}}</ref> and others. [[Big Think]] and ''[[Reason magazine|Reason]]'' have also published content about the idea.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-02|title=How #Unity2020 plans to end the two-party system, bring back Andrew Yang|url=https://bigthink.com/politics-current-affairs/unity2020|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Big Think|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Weissmueller|first=Zach|date=2020-08-28|title=Can the Republican Party Survive Trump?|url=https://reason.com/video/can-the-republican-party-survive-trump/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-29|website=Reason.com|language=en-US|publication-date=August 28, 2020}}</ref>{{primary inline|date=September 2020}}

In August, [[Twitter]] banned the Articles of Unity account.<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><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=September 13, 2020|title=Rising on The Hill TV -– Bret Weinstein: How Twitter Is Censoring A Third Party Effort|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxAt8WxkPrE&feature=youtu.be|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=|publisher=|publication-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref>{{better source|reason=This outlet is not reliable|date=September 2020}}

== History of similar ideas in the United States ==

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[[Nate Boyer]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Unity2020 Campfire With Bret Weinstein, John Wood Jr. & Nate Boyer|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeUOvxX-zLI|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=www.youtube.com|date=August 12, 2020}}</ref> (Former professional American football player and Green Beret)

[[Eric Weinstein]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Unity 2020 Campfire Discussion -– Bret and Eric Weinstein|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXPVe-YHDzo|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|website=www.youtube.com|date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> (Managing director at Thiel Capital and podcast host)

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