Megathread: Bernie Sanders announces 2020 presidential run

He gave up.

He was on par with Hillary and then just stepped down to let Hillary the only candidate left.

Following the final primary election (the District of Columbia's, on June 14), Clinton became the presumptive Democratic nominee. Sanders did not then endorse Clinton, but said he would work with her to defeat the presumptive Republican nominee, Donald Trump.[22] On June 16, Sanders gave a live online speech to his supporters, saying, "The political revolution continues".[23] On July 12, Sanders officially endorsed Clinton at a unity rally with her in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders_2016_presidential_campaign

He gave up on being the presidential candidate of the democrats. He stepped down even before the race was over and said he'll support Hillary instead.

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