Tillis, who is up for re-election next year in battleground North Carolina, voted against advancing a bill for Trump's domestic policy agenda Saturday evening.

President Donald Trump raged against Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) after the senator voted “no” on a procedural vote for the “big, beautiful bill,” even going so far as to say he is meeting with potential primary challengers “over the coming weeks.

The president said he will meet with potential primary challengers to the Republican lawmaker "over the coming weeks,