I watched a live stream of this very small event (maybe 100 people there?) and saw an "election fraud expert" tell an elaborate version of the big lie & call the Biden administration illegitimate. He then said he was part of the Oregon GOP's "election integrity project."
https://twitter.com/MrOlmos/status/1479941068405633028
One of his "arguments" was that mail in ballots (an idea pushed by OR Republicans in the 1990s, often with Democratic opposition) was the reason why Republicans haven't been elected Governor in a long time. Uh huh.
He made several unsubstantiated claims about election fraud in Oregon, as if that's why Trump or the GOP/QAnon Senate candidate didn't win the election. So anyway, someone who claims to be working with the Oregon GOP "election integrity" project spoke at a Proud Boy rally today.
I've found no evidence online that such an "election integrity" project exists or is sponsored by the Oregon GOP.
There is also no evidence to substantiate the wild conspiracy theories that person spun out in great detail in their speech...but needless to say, this is about belief and identity, not empirical reality.
Most importantly, there appear to be very few Oregon Republicans or conservatives who are trying to make their party more appealing to an Oregon electorate that has largely shunned them. They instead are pouring their energies into trying to discredit elections altogether.
And we all know that societies where elections are considered illegitimate are ones prone to political violence, which is why the friendly ties between the OR GOP and violent militias like the PBs are not a good sign. Political parties should not have paramilitary wings, IMHO.
Quick addendum to this thread. I just picked up dinner at a local restaurant that's been harassed by Proud Boys over the past few years. This is the sign they have in their window. 
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