White House hopeful 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 said no woman should feel she has to apologize for being angry after Sens. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenOvernight Defense: Appeals court revives House lawsuit against military funding for border wall | Dems push for limits on transferring military gear to police | Lawmakers ask for IG probe into Pentagon's use of COVID-19 funds On The Money: Half of states deplete funds for Trump's 0 unemployment expansion | EU appealing ruling in Apple tax case | House Democrats include more aid for airlines in coronavirus package Warren, Khanna request IG investigation into Pentagon's use of coronavirus funds MORE (D-Mass.) and Amy Klobuchar Amy Klobuchar3 reasons why Biden is misreading the politics of court packing Social media platforms put muscle into National Voter Registration Day Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE (D-Minn.) said they would seek forgiveness when asked at Thursday's debate whether they would give a gift or ask for forgiveness

“Obviously, we can each have our part in the debate, throwing elbows, defend ourselves, but no woman should ever have to apologize for being fired up, for being angry, especially about what’s going on right now, or for getting hot under the collar, we all do,” Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., said after the debate.

“And it is very gendered, it’s expected of men. As a matter of fact, it’s probably the case for a male candidate that you’d be viewed as having something wrong with you if you didn’t get hot enough under the caller. And one of the many effects we still have of sexism in our politics is quite likely a different set of expectations for female candidates and leaders.”

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The responses from Warren and Klobuchar underscored the gender divide within the 2020 Democratic Party, especially after all five men on stage said they would give a gift.

“I know sometimes I get really worked up and I know sometimes I get a little hot,” Warren said Thursday. “I don’t really mean to. What happens is when you do 100,000 selfies with people, you hear a lot of stories about people who are really down.”

“If I get worked up about this, it’s because I believe it so much in my heart that we have to bring people with us, not shut them out,” Klobuchar followed.

The conversation around gender in politics following the debate compounds on the ongoing debate over diversity in the 2020 Democratic primary field. Andrew Yang Andrew YangBiden's latest small business outreach is just ... awful Doctor who allegedly assaulted Evelyn Yang arrested on federal charges The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden weighs in on police shootings | Who's moderating the debates | Trump trails in post-convention polls MORE, who is Asian American, was the only candidate of color on stage Thursday after Sen. Kamala Harris Kamala HarrisPelosi: Trump Supreme Court pick 'threatens' Affordable Care Act What Kamala Harris' VP nomination means to us Harris slams Trump's Supreme Court pick as an attempt to 'destroy the Affordable Care Act' MORE (D-Calif.), who is of Jamaican and Indian descent, dropped out of the race.