HERMANTOWN, Minnesota — The Republican strategy of caricaturing 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as a puppet for his party’s more liberal members is resonating with Minnesota voters.

The GOP has upped its attacks on the two-term vice president and Delaware’s 36-year senator as “an empty vessel” and “Trojan horse” for the Left since he named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate last month. And voters, at least in Minnesota, are parroting the rhetoric as they start casting ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.