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Line 30: There is a history of people proposing similar ideas to Unity 2020 in United States history.<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~~considered 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 name="McCain">{{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 name="McCain" /> [[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>

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