President Donald Trump lost the popular vote in 2016 by 3 million votes, but he claimed that campaigning for it is “easy.”

In a Tuesday night tweet, the president compared it to running a 100-yard dash.

“Campaigning for the Popular Vote is much easier & different than campaigning for the Electoral College. It’s like training for the 100 yard dash vs. a marathon. The brilliance of the Electoral College is that you must go to many States to win. With the Popular Vote, you go to just the large States – the Cities would end up running the Country. Smaller States & the entire Midwest would end up losing all power – & we can’t let that happen. I used to like the idea of the Popular Vote, but now realize the Electoral College is far better for the U.S.A.,” he wrote.

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Campaigning for the Popular Vote is much easier & different than campaigning for the Electoral College. It’s like training for the 100 yard dash vs. a marathon. The brilliance of the Electoral College is that you must go to many States to win. With the Popular Vote, you go to…. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 20, 2019

….just the large States – the Cities would end up running the Country. Smaller States & the entire Midwest would end up losing all power – & we can’t let that happen. I used to like the idea of the Popular Vote, but now realize the Electoral College is far better for the U.S.A. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 20, 2019

In the weeks that followed the 2016 election, Trump claimed that he actually won the popular vote because 3 million undocumented immigrants voted illegally. He organized a commission to uncover the voter fraud, but was unable to actually find much, and definitely not 3 million voters.

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To make things more awkward, people don’t run the 100-yard dash in the Olympics, they use meters. It was last included in the international games in 1904, though Americans still use the race locally.