It works like The Transported Man illusion in the movie The Prestige.

JD shouldn’t be in this picture. He already served his purpose in getting Trump elected; they don’t need him anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn_6Lgy0YGs

Damn, that’s a depressing Wikipedia article:

It is estimated that around 375,000 great hammerhead sharks alone are traded per year which is equivalent to 21,000 metric tons of biomass. However, most sharks that are caught are only used for their fins and then discarded. The meat of hammerheads is generally unwanted.

Even moreso, I think they’re worried this will normalize violence against their class, so they want to make an example of him. One Luigi can be imprisoned or executed; a thousand Luigis is a bigger problem.