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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nNalin Haley, the son of former South Carolina governor and US diplomat Nikki Haley, on Sunday, responded sharply to people calling him a \u201cnepo baby\u201d and a \u201cspoiled brat\u201d.Political activist Olivia Julianna called him a \u201cnepo baby\u201d and said he sounded like a \u201cspoiled brat\u201d every time he appeared on television. She also said she had \u201cearned\u201d her place without any help from her parents. Nalin reacted: \u201cSpoiled brat for standing up to greedy corporations and wanting my friends and fellow Americans to have jobs, affordability and safety?\u201d he wrote. He said he had received \u201czero help\u201d from his parents and accused critics of assuming he got opportunities because of his family. Another commentator joined the criticism, saying it was unclear whether Nalin was \u201cthe public face of some op or just another rich kid railing against strawmen.\u201d He argued that he ignored issues that were actually hurting young people, such as rising college costs and housing barriers, and accused him of choosing \u201cperformative\u201d arguments instead.A few days ago, Nalin clashed with Canadian anti-transgender activist Chris Elston, who said that young men with a \u201cwoe-is-me attitude\u201d needed to \u201csnap out of it.\u201d Nalin replied that his comments were being misread. \u201cThis isn\u2019t about me,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI have a good job. This is about my friends and my generation who worked hard to get degrees in Business, Computer Science and Engineering and can\u2019t get jobs because they have to compete with foreigners working for half their paycheque and with AI.\u201dThe wave of criticism followed Nalin’s interview with the New York Post, where he said many of his friends were unemployed more than a year after graduating, despite doing everything \u201cthey were supposed to.\u201d He said he believed the recent victory of Democrat Zohran Mamdani showed widespread frustration among young voters across political lines.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n