On last night’s episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert mocked presumed presidential candidate Rand Paul for the manner in which he bolted away from a Mexican DREAMer who could have asked him a question.

“Rand Paul has been appealing to minority groups by using the radical strategy of being appealing,” Colbert began, before showing a clip in which Paul said that “people seeking the American Dream are not bad people.

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After showing another clip in which Paul says that Republicans “must offer the Hispanic and African-American communities something,” Colbert said, “Yes, Republicans need to offer the Hispanic and African-American communities something — like ‘anything.'”

“But to win the nomination,” he continued, “Paul still needs conservative voters, and their solutions to immigration range from deportation to glue traps. So to balance his pro-minority talk, Paul has been appearing with conservative Iowa congressman — and man who has a section of his basement you’re not allowed into — Steve King.”

“Unfortunately,” he said, “their campaign stops haven’t been all forced dead-eye smiles. Earlier this week, they sat down for a nice juicy burger only to be ambushed by pro-immigration activists. Watch how swiftly Sen. Paul reacts.”

Colbert then shows video of Paul’s hasty exit, adding “and just like that — Poof! — he’s gone.”

“And yes, as soon as he heard the word ‘Mexican,’ Sen. Paul sped off like a Central American death train,” he said. “But he clearly cares about the hispanic outreach — after all, he’s dressed like a pinata.”

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“Naturally, the lame-stream media is accusing Rand of sidestepping a potentially damaging confrontation, but that is wrong,” Colbert said, noting that “he was not sidestepping, he was away-running! And he did it for a very good reason — presidential candidates have to stay in shape.”

Colbert then cut to a bit about “The Rand Paul-eo Diet,” which can be seen below via Colbert Nation.