Definition: In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Input: Statement: The thundering Republican condemnations of the special prosecutor back then are just like the thundering Democratic condemnations today, down to the very phrase, four years and $40 million. Choices:  1. The thundering Republic condemnations back then are similar in many ways to the thundering Democratic condemnations of today.  2. The thundering Republican condemnations are in no way similar to the thundering Democratic condemnations. 3. The thundering Republican condemnations are four years and $40 million. 

3