See the multi-choice question below:

Sentence 1: And Applebome goes too far when he suggests that an even more reactionary strain of Southern thought--neo-Confederate ideology--has gone mainstream in America.

Sentence 2: Applebome says racist ideology is the majority in Alabama.

If the first sentence is true, then is the second sentence true?

--yes
--it is not possible to tell
--no
it is not possible to tell