Watch: Romney condemns Trump saying he would take 'dirt' from a foreign government

Sen. Mitt Romney said Thursday it's "unthinkable" that a candidate for president would accept information about their political rivals from a foreign government.

Romney told reporters on Capitol Hill that he was never offered information from a foreign country the two times he's run for president, and if he had he would report the contact to the FBI.

"It would strike at the heart of our democracy to have a foreign government providing information to a campaign or a candidate of a substantial nature to try and influence an election. That would be wrong and unthinkable that any candidate for president would accept information," said Romney.

"I've run for Senate twice. I've run for governor once. I've run for president twice. So far as I know, we never received any information from any foreign government. And had we received any information, particularly from a hostile government, we would have immediately informed the FBI," Romney continued.

Trump sparked outrage on Wednesday when he said during an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos that information on his political rivals gathered by a foreign power is similar to opposition research done by a political campaign.

"It's not an interference, they have information. I think I'd take it," said Trump. "If I thought there was something wrong, I'd go maybe to the FBI."

Watch the clip below via CNN.