‘CatsOnACouch’ Instagram creator sues after being barred from JD Vance event

Amanda McGonigle, who runs the Instagram account @catsonacouch, was waiting to attend a vice presidential event in Bangor, Maine, when five armed Secret Service agents approached her in line.

Amanda McGonigle, who runs the Instagram account @catsonacouch, was waiting to attend a vice presidential event in Bangor, Maine, when five armed Secret Service agents approached her in line. She was denied entrance to the venue by authorities who told her, “we know where you stand,” she said.

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That’s according to a lawsuit McGonigle filed Tuesday against the Office of the President and the Secret Service. She alleges the Trump administration violated her First Amendment rights by prohibiting her from attending events where Vice President JD Vance was speaking, due to her online criticism of the administration.

McGonigle, 37, is the self-described Vance troll behind the @catsonacouch account. The “petty cat account” has almost 2 million followers and “exists purr-ly to troll the current administration & have more followers than J.D. Vance,” according to its Instagram.