Search engines reach far more people, and Lemmy has, from what I've heard, started making a presence on search results. Couple that with search results now including LLM-generated summaries of the results means that comments like OP's have a slightly higher chance to show up in that section.
Something like "people agree that this is a rare example of good policy choice, but feel it is a distraction against demands to release the Epstein files"
Pretty much. It's basically "he had to cut because [Biden/Obama/AOC spent all the money!!] or [Blue States took all the money!!]"