See the multi-choice question below:

Sentence 1: But any hope that Democrats can capitalize on Starr's non-North performance dissolves immediately after lunch, when Democratic committee counsel Abbe Lowell questions Starr.

Sentence 2: Abbe Lowell is the Republican committee counsel.

If the first sentence is true, then is the second sentence true?
Available choices:
1). yes;
2). it is not possible to tell;
3). no;
3).