Temperatures are expected to plunge to around zero degrees this weekend. Minnesotans say they will be out in the street, using the weather to their advantage.

Federal agents flopping on ice and tripping over snowbanks. Snowballs arcing toward ranks of men armored in tactical gear. Protesters gleefully dumping water to make streets even more hazardous.

If there is a third character in the story of immigration agents versus protesters in Minnesota, it is the January weather.

This weekend, temperatures in Minneapolis are expected to plunge even lower, to around zero degrees, an Arctic blast that could hinder the Trump administration’s continuing immigration crackdown and the angry demonstrations over the death of Renee Good, 37.

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But bundled-up residents who have been protesting for days said that a seriously cold stretch would play only to their advantage.

“I want it to get cold,” said Chris Foreman, a military veteran who has joined protesters outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, just outside Minneapolis, for six days in a row. “People know that a lot of these ICE guys are from the South. They’re coming into a different environment and they’re not used to it.”

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    15 hours ago

    And now they will suffer the true power of this fully operational crazy ass State.

    If we get a -40° wind-chill day, then we’re really cooking. Not even the bloodlust of the most antisocial agents can stay empowered.

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      13 hours ago

      I bet they wont even be able to start their vehicles, i doubt they bothered to properly winterize them, and i doubt they have engine block heaters.

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        10 hours ago

        I was going to say I don’t properly winterize my vehicle or have an engine block heater.

        Though I have been here 30 years, I know the kind of fire I’m playing with, and I can guarantee you that I 'll a vault.

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          3 hours ago

          Ah, not much different then Ohio then. Most i do is chuck a snow brush in my back seat and make sure my washer fluid is rated for cold (the non cold stuff will in fact freeze!). I’ve never had winter tires to know if they’re a BS expense or not 😅