House Republican Conference Reveals Plan to Ban Crop Tops and Flip Flops on House Floor, Sparking Viral Meme War. The new dress code proposal, touted as a 'respect for the institution' measure, has gone viral after a Photoshopped image of Speaker Mike Johnson in a Hawaiian shirt circulated, with fact-checkers confirming the specific ban on casual footwear and midriff-baring tops is real, though the image of Johnson is fake.