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“Maybe when the campaign signs come down, we all get a little break from the rhetoric and the TV ads, and the fundraising texts – I’m sorry about those,” Walz joked, “we will sit down over coffee or a Diet Mountain Dew and just talk.”

With hindsight, Vance likely knew he was far enough ahead in the race that he didn’t need to risk a campaign gaffe going viral, like his attempted Diet Mountain Dew joke at an Ohio rally this cycle.

The "MTN" abbreviation that has been on every Mountain Dew can and bottle label for the past 15 years will soon be a thing of the past as the company brings back the full word "Mountain" to its products.

According to "Food & Wine's" Stacey Leasca, the new label will aim to "convey the soda's timeless, adventurous spirit and features what PepsiCo describes as 'relaxed angles' in citrus-inspired colors to 'evoke the refreshing taste of drinking a can of Dew' out in the wilderness with your buddies."

In its latest brand update, Mountain Dew is aiming for nostalgia in its look — and name.