R. Eliezer says: "And Amalek came": It came bare-faced. For all of its other comings were surreptitious, viz. (Devarim, Ibid.) "who met you on the way," but here, it came (blatantly and) bare-faced. Thus, "And Amalek came."
When the Torah States and Amalek Came, Rabbi Eliezer Explains
Mekhilta Tractate Amalek 1:3