Business Insider reports that Former President Barack Obama convinced Bernie Sanders to abandon the 2020 Democratic presidential race.<br />According to the new York Obama convinced him to drop out after four lengthy phone calls.<br />Bernie Sanders wanted to push the Democratic party to the left.<br />Two people familiar with the conversations said that Obama told Sanders that he had accomplished that.<br />Sanders ended his presidential campaign last week.<br />He went on to endorse frontrunner Joe Biden.
