The words condescending and patronizing present a fine example of this. At first glance these words appear to be defined somewhat circularly: condescending often has the word patronizing in its definition, and patronize is defined, in part, as âto adopt an air of condescension toward.â
1 Section 3 of the 20th Amendment provides that if the President-elect dies before his term begins, the Vice President-elect becomes President on Inauguration Day and serves for the full term to which the President-elect was elected.
Kiefer Sutherland, Designated Survivor Photo: ABC/Sven Frenzel. 1. People have accepted that Tom Kirkman is president and are inspired by him. The flop-flopping on Tom's presidential cred continued in this episode. Last week he was a president people could take advantage of, this week he was a president who inspired people to risk death! The standalone plot was surprisingly topical. With elections in progress to vote in a new House of Representatives, the stability of the country was at stake.