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'This is a model': Presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke tours VCP in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former Congressman Beto O'Rourke became the third presidential candidate to tour Kansas City's village of tiny houses for homeless veterans.
"I think this is a model and an example," O'Rourke, a Texas Democrat, said Wednesday after his tour.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts , also visited the Veterans Community Project during the past month, praising the innovative nonprofit.
All three Democratic candidates came, at least in part, because of a familiar face.
Read more: https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/this-is-a-model-presidential-candidate-beto-orourke-tours-village-of-tiny-homes-for-vets