House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael T. McCaul (R-Tex.) told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that Republicans “cannot paralyze democracy, especially when we have these hot spots all over the world.”

Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation-world/story/2023-10-09/house-republicans-need-to-pick-a-new-speaker-heres-how-that-works

My fear is that the indictment will focus the media spotlight on Trump, motivate his base, paralyze his Republican opponents and ultimately help him win the G.O.P. nomination.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/03/opinion/trump-indictment-nashville-biden-manchin.html

“Sexual violence is a way to paralyze, to scare people.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/02/13/war-for-control-of-haitis-capital-targets-womens-bodies/

Their effect can begin to paralyze your life.

Source: https://southsidemessenger.com/how-much-does-it-weigh/

They paralyze them, and then they start to drown in their own fluid in their lungs.

Source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/execution-federal-death-penalty-lethal-injection-family.html?via=rss

Thousands of his supporters set vehicles on fire in an attempt to paralyze the country.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/opinion/brazil-protests-bolsonaro.html