If you’re a politician, and unless you’re Al Franken (maybe), you should not attempt to throwdown with a comedian, much less one of the masters of the medium, like Stephen Colbert. That’s exactly what Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal did, taking to Twitter to shoot back at Stephen Colbert for making fun of his views on evolution.

On Tuesday night, Colbert mocked Jindal — who is a very smart man (Brown University, Rhodes Scholar) — because Jindal walked back on his views on evolution in order to appeal to the Republican base should he run for President. Basically, Jindal’s public view is that evolution should be taught in schools, but school districts themselves should be allowed to make that choice.

Colbert responded by suggesting that Jindal’s academic background would haunt him in the Republican primary, but that his most recent statements on evolution show that Jindal is “off to an impressive retreat from knowledge.”

Ha!

On Wednesday, Jindal shot back. Or he tried. I think the gun must have backfired on him and damaged the part of his brain responsible for jokes.

He’s off to an OK start here:

.@Stephenathome, missed ur show last night, was too busy pulling out pages on evolution in my kids' biology textbooks http://t.co/hSlZUjCWJc — Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) October 1, 2014

But then he takes a step backwards:

If evolution is true @stephenathome, then why is your humor so far behind @thedailyshow? http://t.co/hSlZUjCWJc — Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) October 1, 2014

Then he doubles down on the previous bad joke:

You’re no Jon Stewart, but you are funny, Mr. Colbert. http://t.co/hSlZUjCWJc — Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) October 1, 2014

Finally, here’s a lame attempt to work his position against the Common Core being taught in schools against Colbert.

.@stephenathome my kids tell me they're learning about Charles Darwin in school…Common Core math is getting weird. — Gov. Bobby Jindal (@BobbyJindal) October 1, 2014

Ooof.

If the presidential election were based on comedy, Jindal would lose to Michele Bachmann. At least she’s unintentionally funny.

Source: Twitter via CNN