Pete Buttigieg Pete ButtigiegBillionaire who donated to Trump in 2016 donates to Biden The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - GOP closes ranks to fill SCOTUS vacancy by November Buttigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice MORE on Friday defended his experience against other Democratic presidential rivals as the South Bend, Ind., mayor seeks to garner more support in the primary race.

“I think anybody of any age can do a good job. Obviously I’m enthusiastic about the generational energy that’s out there, but it only makes sense if it’s connected to a vision," Buttigieg said on ABC's "The View."

"The case I’ve been laying out is that there’s a vision of what our country might look like by the time I get to the current president’s age, and that vision has to be rooted in the decisions we make right now,” he added.

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Buttigieg, 37, is one of the youngest candidates vying for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination but has seen his stock rise in polls as he crisscrosses the country campaigning in the early months of the primary race.

The Midwest mayor appeared alongside former Vice President Joe Biden Joe BidenPelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Hillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies | Reps. raise mass surveillance concerns Fox News poll: Biden ahead of Trump in Nevada, Pennsylvania and Ohio MORE, 76, and Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersThe Hill's Campaign Report: Trump faces backlash after not committing to peaceful transition of power Bernie Sanders: 'This is an election between Donald Trump and democracy' The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump stokes fears over November election outcome MORE (I-Vt.), 77, in Thursday night's Democratic presidential primary debate. During one exchange, Rep. Eric Swalwell Eric Michael SwalwellSwalwell calls for creation of presidential crimes commission to investigate Trump when he leaves office 'This already exists': Democrats seize on potential Trump executive order on preexisting conditions Swalwell: Barr has taken Michael Cohen's job as Trump's fixer MORE (D-Calif.), 38, urged Biden to "pass the torch" to the younger generation.

“I thought Pete Buttigieg looked real young last night, and real green,” Meghan McCain Meghan Marguerite McCainKasich to Meghan McCain: Concern over abortion 'dwarfed' by need to beat Trump Meghan McCain says she believes report Trump called fallen soldiers 'losers' Meghan McCain hits Ivanka Trump's defense of president's Twitter: It's not a 'communication style,' it's 'cruelty' MORE, a co-host on “The View,” remarked on Friday’s episode.

Was Rep. Eric Swallwell’s comment to former vice president Joe Biden in last night’s #DemDebate ageist? The co-hosts weigh in. https://t.co/1091s9Fn2d pic.twitter.com/QfVTePkz3K — The View (@TheView) June 28, 2019

Buttigieg maintained that he would combine his youthful perspective with the expertise of older politicians should he be elected president.

“It’s not that I don’t understand the way things work and the way things have worked for years, it’s that I don’t accept it, and I think sometimes coming in with more of an outside perspective is a real asset, especially when the system itself is so broken and in need of being deeply, deeply reformed and redesigned,” Buttigieg said Friday on ABC.

Mayor @PeteButtigieg: “I learned right away as a very young mayor ... sometimes you need to lean on the expertise of people who have been doing work for longer than you have been alive, but you also can’t be afraid to bring a totally new perspective.” https://t.co/ggTzZ6aWge pic.twitter.com/rr7oNnpF63 — The View (@TheView) June 28, 2019

“One of the things I learned right away as a very young mayor is that sometimes you need to lean on the expertise of people who have been doing work for longer than you’ve been alive, but you also can’t be afraid to bring a totally new perspective, which is what I think leaders from a new generation can do uniquely,” he said.