CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has three words for Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels: “Hardy har har.”

That was Quinn’s reaction Monday to Daniels, who joked recently about what the world was coming to when Chicago “can’t fix an election” and win the Olympics.

Chicago lost its bid to host the 2016 Summer Games when the International Olympic Committee voted Friday to give the games to Rio de Janeiro. Chicago was eliminated in the first round of voting.

Quinn was in Copenhagen for the IOC vote, and he said Chicago and Illinois couldn’t have done any better. Daniels happened to be in Chicago that day, giving a speech to the Illinois Policy Institute. Asked for his reaction, Daniels quipped: “What is the world coming to when Chicago can’t fix an election anymore?”

Quinn said Chicago laid out an excellent bid, adding that Rio de Janeiro had an “emotional” argument that the Olympics have never been in South America.