How are these people justifying these changes to their constituents? It's pretty hard to justify mucking with the free markets except to protected vested interests. Most of the time, these vested interests have very little to do with the voters.
Further, few people in Michigan can afford a new Ford, let alone a $60,000 electric car. If Tesla wants to lobby for free market economics, Michigan is probably the very last state they should be trying to convince.
There are many people in Michigan that think that companies that sell things should be able to sell them to people that want to buy them. There are also many people that can afford a Tesla.
Not really. I lived in Michigan for several years.