WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Jim Jordan's testy exchange with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein during a House Judiciary Committee hearing has jump-started fundraising for his Democratic opponent, retired Oberlin teacher Janet Garrett, her campaign says.

Garrett spokesman Zach Stepp said Garrett got more online donations in the 24 hours after Jordan's performance than she did in the previous four months. Stepp said Garrett also received several invitations to hold fundraisers in California.

"It has been a crazy 24 hours," said Stepp. "This shed light on who Jim Jordan really is."

During Thursday's hearing, Jordan accused Rosenstein of withholding information from Congress, and Rosenstein accused Jordan of attacking him personally. Audience members laughed when Jordan asked Rosenstein about media reports that he threatened to subpoena the telephone calls and emails of staffers on the House Intelligence Committee and Rosenstein - in disputing those reports - told him "there's no way to subpoena phone calls."

Afterward, conservative pundits including Bill Kristol and Brit Hume panned Jordan on social media, with Hume accusing Jordan of "bullying" and Kristol calling him a "reckless demagogue." Others, like Fox News' Sean Hannity (who believes Jordan should be the next Speaker of the House) said Rosenstein came across as "short-tempered and extremely pompous" in the exchange with Jordan.

While Stepp declined to provide dollar figures for the amount Garrett raised after Jordan's clash with Rosenstein, he said the windfall will help her mount a more credible campaign against Jordan than her 2014 and 2016 efforts in which she lost to him by significant margins.

This time, she's got several paid staffers and assistance from consultant Joe Trippi, who ran former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean's presidential campaign and helped Democrat Doug Jones capture the Alabama Senate seat vacated when Jeff Sessions became U.S. Attorney General.

Stepp said the campaign hopes to raise enough money for television ads in the heavily gerrymandered, duck-shaped district that sprawls across five media markets, and open up more campaign offices.

"This surge in fundraising will facilitate that," said Stepp.