Ordinarily, requests for physical directories (and files) are not routed to WordPress. You could make an exception for this one folder (or URL) and specifically rewrite requests for /connect to index.php (the WordPress front-controller).
Try the following before the # BEGIN WordPress section:
# Override directory
RewriteRule ^connect index.php [L]
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