A senior lecturer at Columbia University’s School of Social Work, in a post on X on December 4, 2024, Zenkus mocked the assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson saying, “Today, we mourn the death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, gunned down…. wait, I’m sorry – today we mourn the deaths of the 68,000 Americans who needlessly die each year so that insurance company execs like Brian Thompson can become multimillionaires.”