The D.C. region is overwhelmingly Democratic, but the area will get a lot more screen time during next week’s Republican National Convention than they did during last week’s Democratic convention.

As befits a party in power — albeit one that frequently derides the District as a “swamp” — the White House and environs will play a featured role during the RNC.

The convention will nominally take place in Charlotte. That was the original site chosen for the event, before President Trump tried to move it to Jacksonville and then largely abandoned the idea of a large gathering as coronavirus cases spiked. A few hundred delegates will convene in Charlotte Monday night to formally renominate Trump and Vice President Pence.

The keynote speeches for the following three nights will all come from the Mid-Atlantic.

First lady Melania Trump is scheduled to speak Tuesday night, likely from the newly renovated White House Rose Garden. Pence will speak on Wednesday night from Fort McHenry in Baltimore, and Trump will deliver his acceptance speech Thursday evening from the White House.

Trump hopes to end the festivities with a fireworks display from the National Mall. But less than a week out, the National Park Service still has not said whether it will grant permission.

Beyond the formal program, CNN reports that much of the convention will be based in D.C. The Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, around the corner from the Trump Hotel, is expected to act as a social hub for the week.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and several members of the D.C. Council criticized Trump’s plans to deliver his acceptance speech from the White House. They complained that it was an inappropriate venue for a political event, were concerned that a crowd might worsen the District’s battle against the coronavirus and were wary that it could touch off protests.

The U.S. Office of the Special Counsel subsequently said that Trump could accept the nomination from the White House without breaking federal laws.

D.C. barely played a role in last week’s Democratic National Convention. And when it did, Bowser felt a backlash.

The mayor introduced family members of George Floyd Monday night in a prerecorded speech that used Black Lives Matter Plaza as her backdrop. She quickly faced criticism from activists and local journalists about aggressive tactics used by the Metropolitan Police Department against protesters this summer.