Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg pushed back on charges that he lacked experience after Friday’s debate, telling New Hampshire residents he represented people overlooked by federal officials.

“What I am saying is exactly the point right now, there are so many communities small and medium like mine that feel like Washington cannot hear us,” Buttigieg said at a campaign event Saturday.

At an event at Keene State College, actor Michael J. Fox told the crowd that Buttigieg reminded him of meeting then-Sen. Barack Obama.

“I was so impressed with him and called my wife and said, I just met the next president of the United States,” Fox said of Obama. “And I felt the same way when I saw Pete.”

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