Angry Democrat Gerry Connolly tells Trump ally he ‘will not be lectured’ by someone who tried to overturn election

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Virginia Democratic Representative Gerry Connolly blasted Ohio Republican Representative and staunch Trump ally Jim Jordan, telling him during a hearing on the postal service that he "will not be lectured" about partisanship by people who voted to overturn the election. The hearing before the House Oversight Committee included questioning of the president of the American Postal Workers Union Mark Dimondstein and the Postmaster-General, Trump appointee Louis DeJoy. "Mr Dimondstein, am I making this up, as Mr Jordan apparently would have you believe, that the President of the United States last summer, Donald J. Trump publicly said voting by mail would lead to massive fraud. In a statement to the panel, Mr DeJoy said in August: "I did not direct the cutback on hours at any of our postal offices, and finally I did not direct the elimination or any cutback in overtime," adding, "I did, however, suspend these practices to remove any misperceptions about our commitment to delivering the nation's election mail".