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Rachelle Smit | |
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Speaker pro tempore of the Michigan House of Representatives | |
Assumed office January 8, 2025 | |
Preceded by | Laurie Pohutsky |
Member of the MichiganHouseofRepresentatives from the 43rd district | |
Assumed office January 1,2023 | |
Preceded by | Mike Harris (redistricting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Grand Rapids,Michigan,U.S. | September 16,1980
Political party | Republican |
Rachelle Smit is an American politician from Michigan who has represented the 43rd district in the Michigan House of Representatives since the 2022 election. [1] She was reelected in 2024. [2]
On October 27,2023,Smit gave a legislative tribute in Allegan County,Michigan,to twin brothers William and Michael Null,who had been acquitted the previous month in connection with the Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot. Gretchen Whitmer's press secretary criticized Smit's statements,saying that the tribute "will further encourage and embolden radical extremists trying to sow discord and harm public officials or law enforcement". [3]