Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg kicked off a weekend of fundraisers in Seattle by telling a crowd at the Moore Theatre on Saturday that Democrats can argue, but conflict is not the goal.

“Don’t get me wrong, there’s gonna have to be some fighting,” the South Bend, Ind., mayor said, “but I’m never gonna let us get to where it feels like the fight is the point.”

Buttigieg supporters, a mostly white middle-aged crowd at the Moore, carried "BOOT EDGE EDGE" signs and circled around the block in Saturday night’s drizzle. Inside they filled the Moore’s balconies and warmed up with cheers before the mayor took the stage. Tickets to the event cost between $18 and $1,000.

President Donald Trump was Buttigieg’s target throughout the night. At one time, Buttigieg asked the crowd to imagine the day when the sun rises and Trump is out of the White House.

But Buttigieg said he would “galvanize not polarize” if he secured the ticket.

His 15-minute “monologue” touched on his campaign’s values without directly attacking any of the Democratic candidates seen as more progressive, like Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

Buttigieg is one of the seven Democratic candidates who have qualified for Thursday’s debate in Los Angeles. He's been polling near the lead in Iowa and New Hampshire, but he's still behind Sanders, Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden elsewhere, including California.