I wondered if he was trying to avoid further questions from the moderator when he said that. “Oh really? What have you asked forgiveness for?” To that question, he could only have told his sins to the whole world, or said “Mind your own business,” and neither of those would have gone over well. It was a gotcha question.
If he really meant it, he does need to do a bit more work on that. In his own heart, though. He doesn’t need to tell everybody about it.
This is a new kind of litmus test we have here. I don’t hear that question being asked of the others.
Simple answer to follow up: “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”