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 Democratic debate whether they would give a gift or ask for forgiveness, while every one of their male counterparts 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 at the PBS NewsHour/Politico debate in Los Angeles in response to the question.

“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," she continued.

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Klobuchar also said she could get "worked up."

“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 said.

But all five male candidates responded they would give a gift, including businessman 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 jokingly said he would offer copies of his book.

The senators' responses were quickly picked up by viewers online who noticed the gender divide on the question.

Something very telling about the #DemocraticDebate tonight: when asked to either ask for forgiveness or to give a gift, all of the men offered a gift, the women asked for forgiveness. — Amanda Hobbs (@AmandaJane921) December 19, 2019

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Can't shake how both women on stage asked forgiveness for being emotional — Ella Cerón (@ellaceron) December 20, 2019

women: please forgive me for the time i was not nice

men: i give you the gift of my book — Nisha Chittal (@NishaChittal) December 20, 2019

“No woman should ever have to apologize for being fired up,” Buttigieg said, adding that the double standard was “one of the many effects of sexism in our politics.”